Delete a file in C

I have written a program that manipulates files and I sometimes to delete a file. So I searched and found the remove() function in the stdio header file in C.

The problem is that sometimes works and sometimes not. Sometimes the file is deleted, other perror() shows a message that says permission denied but I have not specified any special permissions on the file. As a matter of fact the file has been created a little before by another function. Any special conditions that I have to consider?

Here is the load function that creates the file:

...
int loadF ( const char *filename, plist_t pl, int size, int createFlag ) {
    FILE *pFile = NULL;
    pnode_t pn = NULL;
    int fsize;
    int total;
    int i;

    // Get file stream.
    pFile = fopen ( filename, "rb" );
    if ( !pFile ) { // File does not exist.
        if ( createFlag ) {
            if ( !createF ( filename ) ) {
                return 0;   // fail
            }
        } else {    // abort
            perror ( "loadF:fopen" );
            return 0;
        }
    }

    // Confirm that we have opened the file stream.
    if ( !pFile ) {
        pFile = fopen ( filename, "rb" );
        if ( !pFile ) {
            perror ( "loadF:fopen:" );
            return 0;
        }
    }

    // Check if list has not been initialized.
    if ( pl == NULL ) {
        fclose ( pFile );
        pFile = NULL;
        return 0;   // abort
    }

    // Get the size of the file.
    fseek ( pFile, 0, SEEK_END );
    fsize = ftell ( pFile );
    rewind ( pFile );

    // Check if the file is empty.
    if ( !fsize ) {
        fclose ( pFile );
        pFile = NULL;
        return 1;   // No data to load, continue.
    }

    // Get the total number of structures in the file.
    total = fsize / size;

    // Allocate memory for a node to transfer data.
    pn = (pnode_t) malloc ( sizeof (node_t) * sizeof (char) );
    if ( !pn ) {
        fclose ( pFile );
        pFile = NULL;