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.TH RMDIR 1 "18 June 2002" "GNU fileutils 4.1"
.SH NAME
rmdir \- remove empty directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "rmdir [" options "] " directory...
.sp
POSIX options:
.B "[\-p]"
.sp
GNU options (shortest form):
.B [\-pv] [\-\-ignore\-fail\-on\-non\-empty]
.B "[\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-\-]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B rmdir
removes empty directories.
.PP
If any
.I directory
argument does not refer to an existing empty directory, it is an error.
.SH "POSIX OPTIONS"
.TP
.B "\-p"
If
.I 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'.
.SH GNU OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-ignore\-fail\-on\-non\-empty
Ignore failures becaused by directories not being empty.
.TP
.B "\-p, \-\-parents"
As POSIX.
.TP
.B \"\v, -\-verbose"
Print each directory removed.
.SH "GNU STANDARD OPTIONS"
.TP
.B "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.B "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output, then exit successfully.
.TP
.B "\-\-"
Terminate option list.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the
usual meaning.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
POSIX 1003.2
.SH NOTES
This page describes
.B rmdir
as found in the fileutils-4.1 package;
other versions may differ slightly. Mail corrections and additions to
aeb@cwi.nl and aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi and ragnar@ragnar-hojland.com
Report bugs in the program to bug-fileutils@gnu.org.