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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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