rmdir(2) [hpux man page]

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)

UNLINK(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual							 UNLINK(2)

NAME

     unlink -- remove directory entry

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     unlink(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION

     The unlink() function removes the link named by path from its directory and decrements the link count of the file which was referenced by the
     link.  If that decrement reduces the link count of the file to zero, and no process has the file open, then all resources associated with the
     file are reclaimed.  If one or more process have the file open when the last link is removed, the link is removed, but the removal of the
     file is delayed until all references to it have been closed.

RETURN VALUES

     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     The unlink() succeeds unless:

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

     [ENAMETOOLONG]	A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} characters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} characters.

     [ENOENT]		The named file does not exist.

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

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

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

     [EPERM]		The named file is a directory and the effective user ID of the process is not the super-user.

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

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

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

     [EROFS]		The named file resides on a read-only file system.

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

SEE ALSO

     close(2), link(2), rmdir(2) symlink(7)

HISTORY

     An unlink() function call appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

4th Berkeley Distribution					   June 4, 1993 					 4th Berkeley Distribution