kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/rmdir.texi

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  Date : 2011-09-23T12:08:40
  

  rmdir: Support for mingw, MSVC 9.
  
  * lib/unistd.in.h: Include <io.h> and <direct.h> also for rmdir.
  * doc/posix-functions/getcwd.texi: Mention problem on native Windows.
  

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• @node rmdir
  @section @code{rmdir}
  @findex rmdir
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/rmdir.html}
  
  Gnulib module: rmdir
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is declared in different header files (namely, @code{<io.h>} or
  @code{<direct.h>}) on some platforms:
  mingw, MSVC 9.
  @item
  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, MSVC 9.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @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
  

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