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docs: add note about fs.rmdir()
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fs.rmdir() on the file (not directory) results in different errors on
Windows to everything else

Fixes: #8797
PR-URL: #14323
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
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Oleksandr-Kushchak-i2 authored and MylesBorins committed Aug 16, 2017
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Asynchronous rmdir(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given
to the completion callback.

*Note*: Using `fs.rmdir()` on a file (not a directory) results in an `ENOENT`
error on Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX.

## fs.rmdirSync(path)
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Synchronous rmdir(2). Returns `undefined`.

*Note*: Using `fs.rmdirSync()` on a file (not a directory) results in an `ENOENT`
error on Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX.

## fs.stat(path, callback)
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added: v0.0.2
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