From 8895e4b87bb37c43f98fd73da8448829a40edf53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mikonos <127171689+mknos@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:51:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] rmdir: better error reporting (#803)

* The old error message is not specific enough to be helpful
* Allow rmdir() to fail instead of performing file tests first
* $! will specifically say whether a file argument does not exist, or is not a directory
---
 bin/rmdir | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/rmdir b/bin/rmdir
index 850475d9..4ad336e0 100755
--- a/bin/rmdir
+++ b/bin/rmdir
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ if (!getopts('p', \%opt) || scalar(@ARGV) == 0) {
     exit EX_FAILURE;
 }
 foreach my $directory (@ARGV) {
-    unless (-d $directory) {
-        warn "$Program: '$directory': not a directory or does not exist\n";
-        $rc = EX_FAILURE;
-        next;
-    }
     unless (rmdir $directory) {
         warn "$Program: failed to remove '$directory': $!\n";
         $rc = EX_FAILURE;