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41 .Nd remove a directory file
47 .Fn rmdir "const char *path"
50 removes a directory file
51 whose name is given by
53 The directory must not have any entries other
61 The named file is removed unless:
64 A component of the path is not a directory.
65 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
66 A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
67 or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
69 The named directory does not exist.
71 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
73 The named directory contains files other than
79 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
81 Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
84 The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky,
85 and neither the containing directory nor the directory to be removed
86 are owned by the effective user ID.
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