1 /* BSD compatible remove directory function for System V
3 Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2004 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)
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. */
23 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "stat-macros.h"
29 /* rmdir adapted from GNU tar. */
31 /* Remove directory DPATH.
32 Return 0 if successful, -1 if not. */
35 rmdir (char const *dpath)
41 if (stat (dpath, &statbuf) != 0)
42 return -1; /* errno already set */
44 if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
53 case -1: /* cannot fork */
54 return -1; /* errno already set */
56 case 0: /* child process */
57 execl ("/bin/rmdir", "rmdir", dpath, (char *) 0);
60 default: /* parent process */
62 /* Wait for kid to finish. */
64 while (wait (&status) != cpid)
70 /* /bin/rmdir failed. */