freebsd man page for vop_remove

VOP_REMOVE(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual					     VOP_REMOVE(9)

NAME
     VOP_REMOVE, VOP_RMDIR -- remove a file or directory

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/vnode.h>

     int
     VOP_REMOVE(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp);

     int
     VOP_RMDIR(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp);

DESCRIPTION
     These entry points remove files and directories respectively.

     The arguments are:

     dvp  The vnode of the directory.

     vp   The vnode of the file to be removed.

     cnp  Pathname information about the file.

LOCKS
     Both dvp and vp should be locked on entry and remain locked on return.

RETURN VALUES
     Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.

ERRORS
     [EPERM]		The file is immutable.

     [ENOTEMPTY]	An attempt was made to remove a directory which is not empty.

SEE ALSO
     vnode(9), VOP_LOOKUP(9)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

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								   July 24, 1996							       BSD