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RMDIR(1)                                                              RMDIR(1)



NAME
       rmdir - remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS
       rmdir[options] directory...

       POSIX options: [-p][--]

       GNU options (shortest form): [-p][--ignore-fail-on-non-empty][--help]
       [--version][--]

DESCRIPTION
       rmdir removes empty directories.

       If any directory argument does not refer to an  existing  empty  direc-
       tory, it is an error.

POSIXOPTIONS
       -p     If  directory  includes more than one pathname component, remove
              it, then strip the  last  component  and  remove  the  resulting
              directory,  etc.,  until all components have been removed. Thus,
              'rmdir -p a/b/c' is equivalent to 'rmdir a/b/c; rmdir a/b; rmdir
              a'.

       --     Terminate option list.

GNUOPTIONS
       --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
              Normally  rmdir  will  refuse  to remove a directory that is not
              empty.  This option causes rmdir to ignore the failure to remove
              a  directory, if that failure is due to the directory being non-
              empty.  (New in fileutils-4.0.)

       -p,--parents
              As above.

GNUSTANDARDOPTIONS
       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit  successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard output, then exit success-
              fully.

       --     Terminate option list.

ENVIRONMENT
       The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and  LC_MESSAGES  have  the  usual
       meaning.

CONFORMINGTO
       POSIX 1003.2

EXAMPLEOFUSE
       The  command  'rmdir foo' will remove the directory foo if it is empty.
       To remove a nonempty directory, together with everything below, use 'rm
       -r foo'.

NOTES
       This  page describes rmdir as found in the fileutils-4.0 package; other
       versions may  differ  slightly.   Mail  corrections  and  additions  to
       aebcwi.nl.     Report    bugs    in    the   program   to   fileutils-
       bugsgnu.edu.



GNU fileutils 4.0                   1998-11                           RMDIR(1)