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36 .Nd remove a directory file
42 .Fn rmdir "const char *path"
45 removes a directory file
46 whose name is given by
48 The directory must not have any entries other
56 The named file is removed unless:
59 A component of the path is not a directory.
60 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
61 A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
62 or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
64 The named directory does not exist.
66 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
68 The named directory contains files other than
74 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
76 Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
79 The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky,
80 and neither the containing directory nor the directory to be removed
81 are owned by the effective user ID.
83 The last component of the path is
88 The directory to be removed is the mount point
89 for a mounted file system.
91 An I/O error occurred while deleting the directory entry
92 or deallocating the inode.
94 The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.
97 points outside the process's allocated address space.
106 function call appeared in