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1 /* BSD compatible remove directory function for System V
3 Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
20 # include <config.h>
21 #endif
23 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <sys/stat.h>
26 #include <errno.h>
27 #ifndef errno
28 extern int errno;
29 #endif
31 #if STAT_MACROS_BROKEN
32 # undef S_ISDIR
33 #endif
35 #if !defined(S_ISDIR) && defined(S_IFDIR)
36 # define S_ISDIR(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
37 #endif
39 /* rmdir adapted from GNU tar. */
41 /* Remove directory DPATH.
42 Return 0 if successful, -1 if not. */
44 int
45 rmdir (char const *dpath)
47 pid_t cpid;
48 int status;
49 struct stat statbuf;
51 if (stat (dpath, &statbuf) != 0)
52 return -1; /* errno already set */
54 if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
56 errno = ENOTDIR;
57 return -1;
60 cpid = fork ();
61 switch (cpid)
63 case -1: /* cannot fork */
64 return -1; /* errno already set */
66 case 0: /* child process */
67 execl ("/bin/rmdir", "rmdir", dpath, (char *) 0);
68 _exit (1);
70 default: /* parent process */
72 /* Wait for kid to finish. */
74 while (wait (&status) != cpid)
75 /* Do nothing. */ ;
77 if (status)
80 /* /bin/rmdir failed. */
82 errno = EIO;
83 return -1;
85 return 0;