rmdir(S)
rmdir --
remove a directory
Syntax
cc ... -lc
int rmdir (path)
char *path;
Description
rmdir
removes the directory named by the
pathname
pointed to by
path.
The directory must not have any entries other
than ``.'' and ``..''.
A directory is not removed when all of
the following conditions are true:
-
the parent directory has the sticky bit set
-
the parent directory is not owned by the user
-
the directory is not owned by the user
-
the directory is not writable by the user
-
the user is not super user
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.
Diagnostics
The rmdir function will fail if:
[EACCES]-
-
Search permission is denied for a component of the
path prefix.
-
Write permission is denied on the directory containing the directory
to be removed.
[EBUSY]-
The directory to be removed is the mount point for a mounted filesystem.
[EEXIST]-
The directory contains entries other than those for ``.''
and``..''.
[EFAULT]-
path
points outside the process's allocated address space.
[EINVAL]-
-
The current directory may not be removed.
-
The ``.'' entry of a directory may not be removed.
[EIO]-
An I/O error occurred while accessing the
filesystem.
[EMULTIHOP]-
Components of path require hopping to
multiple remote machines.
[ENOENT]-
The named directory does not exist.
[ENOLINK]-
path points to a remote machine, and the link
to that machine is no longer active.
[ENOTDIR]-
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
[EROFS]-
The directory entry to be removed is part of a
read-only filesystem.
See also
mkdir(C),
mkdir(S),
rmdir(C),
rm(C)
Standards conformance
rmdir is conformant with:
X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989
;
IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1990 System Application Program Interface (API) [C Language] (ISO/IEC 9945-1)
;
and
NIST FIPS 151-1
.
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