coreutils/lib/rmdir.c
Paul Eggert ab2edb9e33 Don't use "path" or "filename" to mean "file name"
in comments or local variable names.
2005-06-02 05:05:29 +00:00

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/* BSD compatible remove directory function for System V
Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "stat-macros.h"
/* rmdir adapted from GNU tar. */
/* Remove directory DIR.
Return 0 if successful, -1 if not. */
int
rmdir (char const *dir)
{
pid_t cpid;
int status;
struct stat statbuf;
if (stat (dir, &statbuf) != 0)
return -1; /* errno already set */
if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
{
errno = ENOTDIR;
return -1;
}
cpid = fork ();
switch (cpid)
{
case -1: /* cannot fork */
return -1; /* errno already set */
case 0: /* child process */
execl ("/bin/rmdir", "rmdir", dir, (char *) 0);
_exit (1);
default: /* parent process */
/* Wait for kid to finish. */
while (wait (&status) != cpid)
/* Do nothing. */ ;
if (status)
{
/* /bin/rmdir failed. */
errno = EIO;
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
}