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RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1)

NAME

rmdir - remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS

rmdir [ OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION

Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory
is non-empty
-p, --parents
remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

Report rmdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
 
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
 
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
 
Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
 
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

rmdir(2)
The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'rmdir invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
September 2011 GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb