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+/* BSD compatible remove directory function for System V
+
+ Copyright (C) 1988, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* rmdir adapted from GNU tar. */
+
+/* Remove directory DIR.
+ Return 0 if successful, -1 if not. */
+
+int
+rmdir (char const *dir)
+{
+ pid_t cpid;
+ int status;
+ struct stat statbuf;
+
+ if (stat (dir, &statbuf) != 0)
+ return -1; /* errno already set */
+
+ if (!S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
+ {
+ errno = ENOTDIR;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ cpid = fork ();
+ switch (cpid)
+ {
+ case -1: /* cannot fork */
+ return -1; /* errno already set */
+
+ case 0: /* child process */
+ execl ("/bin/rmdir", "rmdir", dir, (char *) 0);
+ _exit (1);
+
+ default: /* parent process */
+
+ /* Wait for kid to finish. */
+
+ while (wait (&status) != cpid)
+ /* Do nothing. */ ;
+
+ if (status)
+ {
+
+ /* /bin/rmdir failed. */
+
+ errno = EIO;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+}