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RMDIR(2)		       System Calls Manual			RMDIR(2)

NAME
     rmdir -- remove a directory file

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     rmdir(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION
     The  rmdir()  system  call  removes a directory file whose name is given by
     path.  The directory must not have any entries other than `.' and `..'.

RETURN VALUES
     The rmdir() function returns the  value  0  if  successful;  otherwise  the
     value  -1	is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS
     The named file is removed unless:

     [ENOTDIR]		A component of the path is not a directory.

     [ENAMETOOLONG]	A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an
			entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.

     [ENOENT]		The named directory does not exist.

     [ELOOP]		Too many symbolic links were encountered in  translating
			the pathname.

     [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 to  be  removed  has  its  immutable,  un-
			deletable  or  append-only  flag set, see the chflags(2)
			manual page for more information.

     [EPERM]		The parent directory of the directory to be removed  has
			its immutable or append-only flag set.

     [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.

     [EINVAL]		The last component of the path is `.' or `..'.

     [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.

     [EINTEGRITY]	Corrupted  data was detected while reading from the file
			system.

     [EROFS]		The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only
			file system.

     [EFAULT]		The path argument points outside the process's allocated
			address space.

SEE ALSO
     mkdir(2), unlink(2)

HISTORY
     The rmdir() system call appeared in 4.2BSD.

FreeBSD 15.1			 March 30, 2020 			RMDIR(2)
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