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7653 tmpfs: calling unlink() on a directory which isn't empty should fail
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  12 .TH UNLINK 2 "May 18, 2007"
  13 .SH NAME
  14 unlink, unlinkat \- remove directory entry
  15 .SH SYNOPSIS
  16 .LP
  17 .nf
  18 #include <unistd.h>
  19 
  20 \fBint\fR \fBunlink\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIpath\fR);
  21 .fi
  22 
  23 .LP
  24 .nf
  25 \fBint\fR \fBunlinkat\fR(\fBint\fR \fIdirfd\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fIpath\fR, \fBint\fR \fIflag\fR);
  26 .fi
  27 
  28 .SH DESCRIPTION
  29 .sp
  30 .LP
  31 The \fBunlink()\fR function removes a link to a file. If \fIpath\fR names a
  32 symbolic link, \fBunlink()\fR removes the symbolic link named by \fIpath\fR and


  99 .RE
 100 
 101 .sp
 102 .ne 2
 103 .na
 104 \fB\fBEACCES\fR\fR
 105 .ad
 106 .RS 16n
 107 The parent directory has the sticky bit set and the file is not writable by the
 108 user, the user does not own the parent directory, the user does not own the
 109 file, and the user is not a privileged user.
 110 .RE
 111 
 112 .sp
 113 .ne 2
 114 .na
 115 \fB\fBEBUSY\fR\fR
 116 .ad
 117 .RS 16n
 118 The entry to be unlinked is the mount point for a mounted file system.









 119 .RE
 120 
 121 .sp
 122 .ne 2
 123 .na
 124 \fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR
 125 .ad
 126 .RS 16n
 127 The \fIpath\fR argument points to an illegal address.
 128 .RE
 129 
 130 .sp
 131 .ne 2
 132 .na
 133 \fB\fBEILSEQ\fR\fR
 134 .ad
 135 .RS 16n
 136 The path argument includes non-UTF8 characters and the file system accepts only
 137 file names where all characters are part of the UTF-8 character codeset.
 138 .RE


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  13 .TH UNLINK 2 "Dec 7, 2016"
  14 .SH NAME
  15 unlink, unlinkat \- remove directory entry
  16 .SH SYNOPSIS
  17 .LP
  18 .nf
  19 #include <unistd.h>
  20 
  21 \fBint\fR \fBunlink\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIpath\fR);
  22 .fi
  23 
  24 .LP
  25 .nf
  26 \fBint\fR \fBunlinkat\fR(\fBint\fR \fIdirfd\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fIpath\fR, \fBint\fR \fIflag\fR);
  27 .fi
  28 
  29 .SH DESCRIPTION
  30 .sp
  31 .LP
  32 The \fBunlink()\fR function removes a link to a file. If \fIpath\fR names a
  33 symbolic link, \fBunlink()\fR removes the symbolic link named by \fIpath\fR and


 100 .RE
 101 
 102 .sp
 103 .ne 2
 104 .na
 105 \fB\fBEACCES\fR\fR
 106 .ad
 107 .RS 16n
 108 The parent directory has the sticky bit set and the file is not writable by the
 109 user, the user does not own the parent directory, the user does not own the
 110 file, and the user is not a privileged user.
 111 .RE
 112 
 113 .sp
 114 .ne 2
 115 .na
 116 \fB\fBEBUSY\fR\fR
 117 .ad
 118 .RS 16n
 119 The entry to be unlinked is the mount point for a mounted file system.
 120 .RE
 121 
 122 .sp
 123 .ne 2
 124 .na
 125 \fB\fBEEXIST\fR\fR
 126 .ad
 127 .RS 16n
 128 The entry to be unlinked is a directory which is not empty.
 129 .RE
 130 
 131 .sp
 132 .ne 2
 133 .na
 134 \fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR
 135 .ad
 136 .RS 16n
 137 The \fIpath\fR argument points to an illegal address.
 138 .RE
 139 
 140 .sp
 141 .ne 2
 142 .na
 143 \fB\fBEILSEQ\fR\fR
 144 .ad
 145 .RS 16n
 146 The path argument includes non-UTF8 characters and the file system accepts only
 147 file names where all characters are part of the UTF-8 character codeset.
 148 .RE