rmdir (1) - Linux Manuals

rmdir: remove empty directories

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.

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COPYRIGHT

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