RMDIR(2)RMDIR(2)NAMErmdir - 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 direc‐
tory 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 directory 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).
4.2 Berkeley Distribution August 26, 1985 RMDIR(2)
