RMDIRSection: User Commands (1)Updated: October 2004 |
NAME
rmdir - remove empty directoriesSYNOPSIS
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, then try to remove each directory component of that path name. 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 © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info coreutils rmdir
should give you access to the complete manual.