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RMDIR

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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/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

rmdir (2)

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

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