Query: rmdir
OS: opendarwin
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RMDIR(2) BSD System Calls Manual RMDIR(2)NAMErmdir -- remove a directory fileSYNOPSIS#include <unistd.h> int rmdir(const char *path);DESCRIPTIONRmdir() removes a directory file whose name is given by path. The directory must not have any entries other than '.' and '..'.RETURN VALUESA 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a -1 is returned and an error code is stored in the global location errno.ERRORSThe named file is removed unless: [ENOTDIR] A component of the path 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 directory does not exist. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. [ENOTEMPTY] The named directory contains files other than '.' and '..' in it. [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. [EPERM] The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky, and neither the containing directory nor the direc- tory to be removed are owned by the effective user ID. [EBUSY] The directory to be removed 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 directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system. [EFAULT] Path points outside the process's allocated address space.SEE ALSOmkdir(2), unlink(2)HISTORYThe rmdir() function call appeared in 4.2BSD. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 4.2 Berkeley Distribution
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