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 to remove a non-empty directory

-p, --parents

remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., 'rmdir -p a/b' is similar to 'rmdir 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/>
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COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2024 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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'