RMDIR(2) System Calls Manual RMDIR(2) NAME rmdir - remove a directory file SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int rmdir(const char *path) DESCRIPTION Rmdir removes a directory file whose name is given by path. The directory must not have any entries other than "." and "..". RETURN VALUE A 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a -1 is returned and an error code is stored in the global location errno. ERRORS The named file is removed unless one or more of the following are true: [ENOTDIR] A component of the path is not a directory. [ENAMETOOLONG] The path name exceeds PATH_MAX characters. [ENOENT] The named directory does not exist. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. (Minix-vmd) [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 ALSO mkdir(2), unlink(2). 4.2 Berkeley Distribution August 26, 1985 RMDIR(2)