Bug 29702 - unlinkat() may have errno EISDIR
Summary: unlinkat() may have errno EISDIR
Status: RESOLVED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: man-pages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: documentation_man-pages@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
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Reported: 2011-02-23 07:49 UTC by Mike Frysinger
Modified: 2014-01-22 12:58 UTC (History)
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Description Mike Frysinger 2011-02-23 07:49:59 UTC 
the current unlinkat() man page does not talk about the possible EISDIR.  if you use unlinkat() on a path which is a dir but AT_REMOVEDIR was not specified, then you get back EISDIR.
Comment 1 Michael Kerrisk 2014-01-22 12:58:14 UTC 
Thanks. I've added EISDIR to the list under ERROS.
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