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
aeb
cwi.nl. Report bugs in the program to fileutils-
bugs
gnu.edu.
GNU fileutils 4.0 1998-11 RMDIR(1)