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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.

     [EACCES]
         If the directory is located on a remote host, this error
         code will be returned if the local host name and local
         user name does not appear in /usr/lib/dfs/access on the
         remote machine.  See access(dfs)(5n).

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

     [EINVAL]
         Path is ``.''.



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     [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.

     [EDFSNOSUCHHOST]
         The pathname referenced a remote directory, but when we
         broadcast a request for its address, no host responded.

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), unlink(2).




























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%%index%%
na:72,67;
sy:139,218;
de:357,257;
di:614,1196;1954,559;
rv:2513,236;
se:2749,128;
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