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