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rmdir - Unix, Linux Command
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NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir
[
OPTION
]...
DIRECTORY
...
DESCRIPTION
Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
Tag
Description
--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 bugs to <
bug-coreutils@gnu.org
>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
rmdir
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
rmdir
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
Tag
Description
info rmdir
should give you access to the complete manual.
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