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@(#)rmdir.2 6.3 (Berkeley) 8/26/85

C 5 rmdir - remove a directory file

#include <unistd.h>

int rmdir(const char *path)

Rmdir removes a directory file whose name is given by path. The directory must not have any entries other than \*(lq.\*(rq and \*(lq..\*(rq. A 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a -1 is returned and an error code is stored in the global location errno\|. The named file is removed unless one or more of the following are true:

15 [ENOTDIR] A component of the path is not a directory.

15 [ENAMETOOLONG] The path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters.

15 [ENOENT] The named directory does not exist.

15 [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. (Minix-vmd)

15 [ENOTEMPTY] The named directory contains files other than ``.'' and ``..'' in it.

15 [EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.

15 [EACCES] Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link to be removed.

15 [EPERM] The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky, and neither the containing directory nor the directory to be removed are owned by the effective user ID.

15 [EBUSY] The directory to be removed is the mount point for a mounted file system.

15 [EIO] An I/O error occurred while deleting the directory entry or deallocating the inode.

15 [EROFS] The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.

15 [EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated address space.

mkdir (2), unlink (2).