RMDIR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2021
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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

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.