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Re: rmdir() sets errno = ENOTDIR when dir/file doesn't exist?
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: rmdir() sets errno = ENOTDIR when dir/file doesn't exist?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:38:32 -0400
- References: <200108282014.NAA22239@cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
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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