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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-05-06 14:25:18 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-05-06 14:25:18 +0000
commit884af44da8de0a378a4b8b9b2b7ad2cd4df15a23 (patch)
treedfc5572f7226fd58de04f6742162f8870f383fbf /m4/rmdir-errno.m4
parentc2a761780e66aa3bf0a3c32b175400cdda680ee8 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-884af44da8de0a378a4b8b9b2b7ad2cd4df15a23.tar.xz
(fetish_FUNC_RMDIR_NOTEMPTY): New macro and file.
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diff --git a/m4/rmdir-errno.m4 b/m4/rmdir-errno.m4
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+#serial 1
+
+# When rmdir fails because the specified directory is not empty, it sets
+# errno to some value, usually ENOTEMPTY. However, on some AIX systems,
+# ENOTEMPTY is mistakenly defined to be EEXIST. To work around this, and
+# in general, to avoid depending on the use of any particular symbol, this
+# test runs a test to determine the actual numeric value.
+AC_DEFUN(fetish_FUNC_RMDIR_NOTEMPTY,
+[dnl
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for rmdir-not-empty errno value],
+ fetish_cv_func_rmdir_errno_not_empty,
+ [
+ # Arrange for deletion of the temporary directory this test creates.
+ ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files confdir2"
+ mkdir confdir2; : > confdir2/file
+ AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef errno
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+ int main ()
+ {
+ FILE *s;
+ int val;
+ rmdir ("confdir2");
+ val = errno;
+ s = fopen ("confdir2/file", "w");
+ fprintf (s, "%d\n", val);
+ exit (0);
+ }
+ ],
+ fetish_cv_func_rmdir_errno_not_empty=`cat confdir2/file`,
+ fetish_cv_func_rmdir_errno_not_empty='configure error in rmdir-errno.m4',
+ fetish_cv_func_rmdir_errno_not_empty=ENOTEMPTY
+ )
+ ]
+ )
+
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([RMDIR_ERRNO_NOT_EMPTY],
+ $fetish_cv_func_rmdir_errno_not_empty,
+ [the value to which errno is set when rmdir fails on a nonempty directory])
+])