rmdir(2)                                                 rmdir(2)



     NAME
          rmdir - remove a directory file

     SYNOPSIS
          int rmdir(path)
          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 follow-
          ing are true:

          [ENOTESMPTY] The named directory contains files other than .
                       and .. in it.

          [EPERM]      A pathname contains a character with the high-
                       order bit set.

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

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

          [ENOTDIR]    A component of the path prefix is not a direc-
                       tory.

          [ENOENT]     The named file does not exist.

          [EACCES]     A component of the path prefix denies search
                       permission.

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

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

          [EROFS]      The directory entry to be removed resides on a
                       read-only file system.

          [EFAULT]     path points outside the process's allocated ad-



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     rmdir(2)                                                 rmdir(2)



                       dress space.

     SEE ALSO
          rmdir(1), mkdir(2), unlink(2).



















































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