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[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / rmdir.texi
1 @node rmdir
2 @section @code{rmdir}
3 @findex rmdir
4
5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
6
7 Gnulib module: rmdir
8
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
10 @itemize
11 @item
12 This function mistakenly removes a directory with
13 @code{rmdir("dir/./")} on some platforms:
14 Cygwin 1.5.x.
15 @item
16 This function fails with @code{EINVAL} instead of the expected
17 @code{ENOTDIR} for @code{rmdir("file/")} on some platforms:
18 mingw.
19 @end itemize
20
21 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
22 @itemize
23 @item
24 When @code{rmdir} fails because the specified directory is not empty, the
25 @code{errno} value is system dependent.
26 @item
27 POSIX requires that @code{rmdir("link-to-empty/")} remove @file{empty}
28 and leave @file{link-to-empty} as a dangling symlink.  This is
29 counter-intuitive, so some systems fail with @code{ENOTDIR} instead:
30 glibc
31 @end itemize