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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 per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       rmdir(2)

       The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and rmdir programs are  prop‐
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'rmdir invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                            RMDIR(1)