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31.Dd July 24, 1996
32.Os
33.Dt VOP_REMOVE 9
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm VOP_REMOVE ,
36.Nm VOP_RMDIR
37.Nd remove a file or directory
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/param.h
40.In sys/vnode.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn VOP_REMOVE "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode *vp" "struct componentname *cnp"
43.Ft int
44.Fn VOP_RMDIR "struct vnode *dvp" "struct vnode *vp" "struct componentname *cnp"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46These entry points remove files and directories respectively.
47.Pp
48The arguments are:
49.Bl -tag -width dvp
50.It Ar dvp
51the vnode of the directory
52.It Ar vp
53the vnode of the file to be removed
54.It Ar cnp
55pathname information about the file
56.El
57.Sh LOCKS
58Both
59.Fa dvp
60and
61.Fa vp
62should be locked on entry and remain locked on return.
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64Zero is returned on success, otherwise an error code is returned.
65.Sh PSEUDOCODE
66.Bd -literal
67int
68vop_remove(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, struct componentname *cnp)
69{
70    int error = 0;
71
72    if (vp is immutable) {
73	error = EPERM;
74	goto out;
75    }
76
77    /*
78     * Remove name cnp->cn_nameptr from directory and update link count
79     * of vp.
80     */
81    ...;
82
83    /*
84     * Careful about trying to remove ".".  XXX this should be handled
85     * higher up.
86     */
87    if (dvp == vp)
88	vrele(vp);
89    else
90	vput(vp);
91    vput(dvp);
92
93    return error;
94}
95.Ed
96.Sh ERRORS
97.Bl -tag -width Er
98.It Bq Er EPERM
99The file is immutable.
100.It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY
101An attempt was made to remove a directory which is not empty.
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr vnode 9 ,
105.Xr VOP_LOOKUP 9
106.Sh AUTHORS
107This man page was written by
108.An Doug Rabson .
109