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btowc: fix missing file
[gnulib.git]
/
doc
/
posix-functions
/
rmdir.texi
diff --git
a/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
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--- a/
doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
+++ b/
doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi
@@
-2,14
+2,20
@@
@section @code{rmdir}
@findex rmdir
@section @code{rmdir}
@findex rmdir
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
+POSIX specification:
@*
@url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
Gnulib module: rmdir
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
Gnulib module: rmdir
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
+This function mistakenly removes a directory with
+@code{rmdir("dir/./")} on some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.5.x.
+@item
+This function fails with @code{EINVAL} instead of the expected
+@code{ENOTDIR} for @code{rmdir("file/")} on some platforms:
+mingw.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@@
-17,4
+23,9
@@
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@item
When @code{rmdir} fails because the specified directory is not empty, the
@code{errno} value is system dependent.
@item
When @code{rmdir} fails because the specified directory is not empty, the
@code{errno} value is system dependent.
+@item
+POSIX requires that @code{rmdir("link-to-empty/")} remove @file{empty}
+and leave @file{link-to-empty} as a dangling symlink. This is
+counter-intuitive, so some systems fail with @code{ENOTDIR} instead:
+glibc
@end itemize
@end itemize