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28 .\" @(#)rmdir.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
35 .Nd remove a directory file
41 .Fn rmdir "const char *path"
46 removes a directory file
47 whose name is given by
49 The directory must not have any entries other
57 The named file is removed unless:
60 A component of the path is not a directory.
61 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
62 A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
63 or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
65 The named directory does not exist.
67 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
69 The named directory contains files other than
75 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
77 Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
80 The directory to be removed has its immutable, undeletable or append-only flag
83 manual page for more information.
85 The parent directory of the directory to be removed has its immutable or
88 The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky,
89 and neither the containing directory nor the directory to be removed
90 are owned by the effective user ID.
92 The last component of the path is
97 The directory to be removed is the mount point
98 for a mounted file system.
100 An I/O error occurred while deleting the directory entry
101 or deallocating the inode.
103 Corrupted data was detected while reading from the file system.
105 The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.
110 points outside the process's allocated address space.
118 system call appeared in