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30 .\" @(#)rmdir.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37 .Nd remove a directory file
43 .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 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix, or
61 write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
64 The directory to be removed is the mount point
65 for a mounted file system.
68 points outside the process's allocated address space.
70 The last component of the path is
73 An I/O error occurred while deleting the directory entry
74 or deallocating the inode.
76 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
77 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
78 A component of a pathname exceeded
80 characters, or an entire path name exceeded
84 The named directory does not exist.
86 A component of the path is not a directory.
88 The named directory contains files other than
94 The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky,
95 and neither the containing directory nor the directory to be removed
96 are owned by the effective user ID.
98 The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.
111 function call appeared in