rmdir(2)							System Calls Manual							  rmdir(2)

NAME

       rmdir() - remove a directory file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The  system call removes a directory file whose name is given by path.  The directory must be empty (except for the files and before it can
       be removed.

RETURN VALUE

       returns the following values:

	      Successful completion.
	      Failure.
		     is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If fails, is set to one of the following values.

	      [EACCES]	     A component of the path prefix denies search permission.

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

	      [EACCES]	     The process does not have read/write access permission to the parent directory.

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

	      [EBUSY]	     The path is the current working directory.

	      [EEXIST]	     The named directory is not empty.	It contains files other than and

	      [EFAULT]	     path points outside the process's allocated address space.  The reliable detection of this error  is  implementation-
			     dependent.

	      [ELOOP]	     Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the path name.

	      [ENAMETOOLONG] The  length  of  the  specified  path name exceeds bytes, or the length of a component of the path name exceeds bytes
			     while is in effect.

	      [ENOENT]	     The named file does not exist.

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

	      [EPERM]	     The directory containing the directory to be removed has the sticky bit set and neither the containing directory  nor
			     the directory to be removed are owned by the effective user ID.

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

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

SEE ALSO

       mkdir(2), unlink(2), remove(3C), privileges(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

																	  rmdir(2)