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Re: rmdir() sets errno = ENOTDIR when dir/file doesn't exist?


On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 02:14:08PM -0600, Mark Paulus wrote:
>I have a question about the behaviour of rmdir (winsup/cygwin/dir.cc).
>According to the man 2 rmdir, (and a little empirical test on a linux
>box), when rmdir() is called with a filename that doesn't exist, errno
>is set to 2 / ENOENT.  However, within CYGWIN, errno is set to ENOTDIR,
>which is slightlly different (If we want to remove the object, and it
>doesn't exist, then we are done, right....)
>
>If this behaviour that I have mentioned is incorrect, let me know, and
>I will provide a patch....

It's incorrect and I've modified the sources.  I do greatly appreciate
the offer of a patch, though.

Thanks for the bug report.  Your specific details enambled me to squash
this bug very quickly.

cgf

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