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1.1     ! root        1: .TH RMDIR 2 "2 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: rmdir \- remove a directory file
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: rmdir(path)
        !             9: char *path;
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .ft R
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Rmdir
        !            14: removes a directory file
        !            15: whose name is given by
        !            16: .I path.
        !            17: The directory must not have any entries other
        !            18: than \*(lq.\*(rq and \*(lq..\*(rq.
        !            19: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            20: A 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a \-1 is
        !            21: returned and an error code is stored in the global location \fIerrno\fP\|.
        !            22: .SH ERRORS
        !            23: The named file is removed unless one or more of the
        !            24: following are true:
        !            25: .TP 15
        !            26: [ENOTEMPTY]
        !            27: The named directory contains files other than ``.'' and ``..'' in it.
        !            28: .TP 15
        !            29: [EPERM]
        !            30: The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set.
        !            31: .TP 15
        !            32: [ENOENT]
        !            33: The pathname was too long.
        !            34: .TP 15
        !            35: [ENOTDIR]
        !            36: A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
        !            37: .TP 15
        !            38: [ENOENT]
        !            39: The named file does not exist.
        !            40: .TP 15
        !            41: [EACCES]
        !            42: A component of the path prefix denies search permission.
        !            43: .TP 15
        !            44: [EACCES]
        !            45: Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
        !            46: to be removed.
        !            47: .TP 15
        !            48: [EBUSY]
        !            49: The directory to be removed is the mount point
        !            50: for a mounted file system.
        !            51: .TP 15
        !            52: [EROFS]
        !            53: The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.
        !            54: .TP 15
        !            55: [EFAULT]
        !            56: .I Path
        !            57: points outside the process's allocated address space.
        !            58: .TP 15
        !            59: [ELOOP]
        !            60: Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
        !            61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            62: mkdir(2), unlink(2)

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