RMDIR(1) | User Commands | RMDIR(1) |
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
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR¶
Written by David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
November 2020 | GNU coreutils 8.22 |