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NAME
     rmdir - remove a directory file

SYNOPSIS
     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
     "..".

DIAGNOSTICS
     The named file is removed unless one or more of the
     following are true:

     [ENOTEMPTY]    The named directory contains files other than
                    ``.'' and ``..'' in it.

     [ENOASCII]     The pathname contains a character with the
                    high-order bit set.

     [ENAMETOOLONG] The pathname is too long.

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

     [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.

     [EINVAL]       Path is ``.''.

     [EIO]          An I/O error occurred while reading from or
                    writing to the file system.

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

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

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




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RMDIR(2)                COMMAND REFERENCE                RMDIR(2)



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

SEE ALSO
     mkdir(2) and unlink(2).
















































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