lib/rmdir.c

/* Work around rmdir bugs.

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   Foundation, Inc.

   This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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#include <config.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "filename.h"

#undef rmdir
#if defined _WIN32 && !defined __CYGWIN__
# define rmdir _rmdir
#endif

/* Remove directory DIR.
   Return 0 if successful, -1 if not.  */

int
rpl_rmdir (char const *dir)
{
  /* Work around cygwin 1.5.x bug where rmdir("dir/./") succeeds.  */
  size_t len = strlen (dir);
  while (len && ISSLASH (dir[len - 1]))
    len--;
  if (len && dir[len - 1] == '.' && (1 == len || ISSLASH (dir[len - 2])))
    {
      errno = EINVAL;
      return -1;
    }
  int result = rmdir (dir);
  /* Work around mingw bug, where rmdir("file/") fails with EINVAL
     instead of ENOTDIR.  We've already filtered out trailing ., the
     only reason allowed by POSIX for EINVAL.  */
  if (result == -1 && errno == EINVAL)
    errno = ENOTDIR;
  return result;
}