RFIO_RMDIR(3)						      Rfio Library Functions						     RFIO_RMDIR(3)

NAME

       rfio_rmdir - remove a directory

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "rfio_api.h"

       int rfio_rmdir (const char *path);

DESCRIPTION

       rfio_rmdir removes a directory if it is empty.

       path   specifies the logical pathname relative to the current directory or the full pathname.

RETURN VALUE

       This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

       ENOENT	    The named directory does not exist or is a null pathname.

       EACCES	    Search  permission	is  denied  on a component of the path prefix or write permission is denied on the parent directory or the
		    parent has the sticky bit S_ISVTX set and

		      the effective user ID of the requestor does not match the owner ID of the directory and

		      the effective user ID of the requestor does not match the owner ID of the parent directory and

		      the requestor is not super-user.

       EFAULT	    path is a NULL pointer.

       EEXIST	    The named directory is not empty.

       ENOTDIR	    A component of path prefix is not a directory.

       EINVAL	    path is the current directory.

       ENAMETOOLONG The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

SEE ALSO

       Castor_limits(4), rfio_mkdir(3)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team

LCG
							   $Date: 2005/03/31 13:13:03 $ 					     RFIO_RMDIR(3)