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| rmdir |
| Portability: | POSIX.1 conforming, UNIX compatible |
| SYNOPSIS | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| RETURN VALUE | |
| EXAMPLE | |
| RELATED FUNCTIONS | |
| SEE ALSO |
| SYNOPSIS |
#include <unistd.h> int rmdir(char *pathname);
| DESCRIPTION |
rmdir
removes an empty directory named by
pathname
.
The
rmdir
function deletes the directory
itself if no process has the directory open, and the space that was occupied
by the directory is freed.
pathname
is
removed even if it is the working directory of a process. If a process has
the directory open,
unlink
removes the
links, but the directory is not removed until the last process has closed
it. You cannot create new files in the directory after the last link is removed.
| RETURN VALUE |
rmdir
returns 0 if it is successful and -1 if it is not successful.
| EXAMPLE |
See the example for
rewinddir
.
| RELATED FUNCTIONS |
| SEE ALSO |
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