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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 directory, it is an error.
POSIX OPTIONS
-p If directory includes more than one pathname compo-
nent, 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.
GNU OPTIONS
--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.
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
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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-4.0
package; other versions may differ slightly. Mail correc-
tions and additions to aeb@cwi.nl. Report bugs in the
program to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
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