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| RMDIR(1) | User Commands | RMDIR(1) |
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 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.REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report rmdir translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2018 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.
SEE ALSO¶
rmdir(2)Full documentation at:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'
| February 2019 | GNU coreutils 8.30 |