Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: unlink system call on directories - Bug + fix | Date | Sun, 17 Nov 1996 13:07:30 +0000 (GMT) |
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> The manual page says that unlink() returns EISDIR when the pathname > refers to a directory. But the kernel returns EPERM for minix and > derivatives ext,ext2 etc., see the file namei.c in those directories. > > The fix for these is trivial (if I understand correctly how the kernel > handles the unlink command) and left as an exercise to the reader.
The fix is trivial, edit the manual page. It is wrong the kernel is right
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