NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [options] directory...
POSIX options: [-p]
GNU options (shortest form): [-p] [--help] [--version] [--]
DESCRIPTION
rmdir removes empty directories.
If any directory argument does not refer to an existing
empty directory, it is an error.
POSIX OPTIONS
-p If directory includes more than one pathname component,
remove it, then strip the last component and remove the
resulting directory, etc., until all components have
been removed. Thus, `rmdir -p a/b/c' is equivalent to
`rmdir a/b/c; rmdir a/b; rmdir a'.
GNU OPTIONS
-p, --parents
As above.
GNU STANDARD OPTIONS
--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit suc-
cessfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output, then exit
successfully.
-- Terminate option list.
ENVIRONMENT
The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have
the usual meaning.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX 1003.2
EXAMPLE OF USE
The command `rmdir foo' will remove the directory foo if it
is empty. To remove a nonempty directory, together with
everything below, use `rm -r foo'.
NOTES
This page describes rmdir as found in the fileutils-3.16
package; other versions may differ slightly. Mail correc-
tions and additions to aeb@cwi.nl and aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi
and ragnar@lightside.ddns.org . Report bugs in the program
to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.