NAME
rmdir —
remove directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir |
[-p] directory ... |
DESCRIPTION
The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by each directory argument, provided it is empty.Arguments are processed in the order given. In order to remove
both a parent directory and a subdirectory of that parent, the subdirectory
must be specified first so the parent directory is empty when
rmdir tries to remove it.
The following option is available:
-p- Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the last most component. (See rm(1) for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.)
EXIT STATUS
The rmdir utility exits with one of the
following values:
0- Each directory entry specified by a dir operand referred to an empty directory and was removed successfully.
>0- An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The rmdir utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”)
compatible.
HISTORY
An rmdir utility appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.