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On error, -1 is returned. 87</p> 88</dd> 89<dt>Errors:</dt> 90<dd> 91<dl compact="compact"> 92<dt><code>EACCES</code></dt> 93<dd><p>No access to the file or the path of the file. 94</p> 95</dd> 96<dt><code>EPERM</code></dt> 97<dd><p>The system does not allow unlinking of directories. 98</p> 99</dd> 100<dt><code>EBUSY</code></dt> 101<dd><p>The file <var>pathname</var> cannot be unlinked because it’s 102being used by another process. 103</p> 104</dd> 105<dt><code>EFAULT</code></dt> 106<dd><p><var>pathnameptr</var> is an invalid pointer value. 107</p> 108</dd> 109<dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code></dt> 110<dd><p><var>pathname</var> was too long. 111</p> 112</dd> 113<dt><code>ENOENT</code></dt> 114<dd><p>A directory component in <var>pathname</var> does not exist. 115</p> 116</dd> 117<dt><code>ENOTDIR</code></dt> 118<dd><p>A component of the path is not a directory. 119</p> 120</dd> 121<dt><code>EROFS</code></dt> 122<dd><p>The file is on a read-only filesystem. 123</p> 124</dd> 125<dt><code>EINTR</code></dt> 126<dd><p>The call was interrupted by the user. 127</p></dd> 128</dl> 129 130</dd> 131</dl> 132 133 134 135 136</body> 137</html> 138