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Manpage of RMDIR
RMDIR
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: August 1998
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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.

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

POSIX OPTIONS

GNU OPTIONS

GNU STANDARD OPTIONS

ENVIRONMENT

CONFORMING TO

EXAMPLE OF USE

NOTES

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Time: 11:46:34 GMT, March 24, 2025

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