NAME
rmdir - 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 directory 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 follow-
ing 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 ALSO
mkdir(2), unlink(2).