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Note that rmdir(2) does not follow symbolic links.

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John Polstra 2001-01-24 23:49:59 +00:00
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@ -106,13 +106,14 @@ the system call
would return a file descriptor to the file would return a file descriptor to the file
.Dq afile . .Dq afile .
.Pp .Pp
There are five system calls that do not follow links, and which operate There are six system calls that do not follow links, and which operate
on the symbolic link itself. on the symbolic link itself.
They are: They are:
.Xr lchown 2 , .Xr lchown 2 ,
.Xr lstat 2 , .Xr lstat 2 ,
.Xr readlink 2 , .Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr rename 2 , .Xr rename 2 ,
.Xr rmdir 2 ,
and and
.Xr unlink 2 . .Xr unlink 2 .
Because Because
@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ Because
is an alias for is an alias for
.Xr unlink 2 , .Xr unlink 2 ,
it also does not follow symbolic links. it also does not follow symbolic links.
When
.Xr rmdir 2
is applied to a symbolic link, it fails with the error
.Er ENOTDIR .
.Pp .Pp
The owner and group of an existing symbolic link can be changed by The owner and group of an existing symbolic link can be changed by
means of the means of the