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RMDIR(2) Linux Programmer's Manual RMDIR(2) +

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NAME +

rmdir - delete a directory + +

SYNOPSIS +

#include <unistd.h> + + int rmdir(const char *pathname); + +

DESCRIPTION +

rmdir deletes a directory, which must be empty. + +

RETURN VALUE +

On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, + and errno is set appropriately. + +

ERRORS +

EPERM The filesystem containing pathname does not sup- + port the removal of directories. + + EFAULT pathname points outside your accessible address + space. + + EACCES Write access to the directory containing pathname + was not allowed for the process's effective uid, + or one of the directories in pathname did not + allow search (execute) permission. + + EPERM The directory containing pathname has the sticky- + bit (S_ISVTX) set and the process's effective uid + is neither the uid of the file to be deleted nor + that of the directory containing it. + + ENAMETOOLONG + pathname was too long. + + ENOENT A directory component in pathname does not exist + or is a dangling symbolic link. + + ENOTDIR pathname, or a component used as a directory in + pathname, is not, in fact, a directory. + + ENOTEMPTY + pathname contains entries other than . and .. . + + EBUSY pathname is the current working directory or root + directory of some process. + + ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available. + + EROFS pathname refers to a file on a read-only filesys- + tem. + + ELOOP pathname contains a reference to a circular sym- + bolic link, ie a symbolic link containing a + + + +

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RMDIR(2) Linux Programmer's Manual RMDIR(2) +

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CONFORMING TO +

SVID, AT&T, POSIX, BSD 4.3 + +

BUGS +

Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the + unexpected disappearance of directories which are still + being used. + +
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+rename, +mkdir, +chdir, +unlink, +

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