RMDIR
NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [options] directory...
POSIX options:
[-p]
GNU options (shortest form):
[-p]
[--help] [--version] [--]
DESCRIPTION
rmdir
removes empty directories.
If any
directory
argument does not refer to an existing empty directory, it is an error.
POSIX OPTIONS
- -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'.
GNU OPTIONS
- -p, --parents
-
As above.
GNU STANDARD OPTIONS
- --help
-
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
- --version
-
Print version information on standard output, then exit successfully.
- --
-
Terminate option list.
ENVIRONMENT
The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
usual meaning.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX 1003.2
EXAMPLE OF USE
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-3.16 package;
other versions may differ slightly. Mail corrections and additions to
aeb@cwi.nl and aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi and ragnar@lightside.ddns.org .
Report bugs in the program to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.