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GNU Info (fileutils.info)rmdir invocation`rmdir': Remove empty directories ================================= `rmdir' removes empty directories. Synopsis: rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... If any DIRECTORY argument does not refer to an existing empty directory, it is an error. The program accepts the following option. Also see Note: Common options. `--ignore-fail-on-non-empty' Ignore each failure to remove a directory that is solely because the directory is non-empty. `-p' `--parents' Remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each component of DIRECTORY. So, for example, `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'. As such, it fails if any of those directories turns out not to be empty. Use the `--ignore-fail-on-non-empty' option to make it so such a failure does not evoke a diagnostic and does not cause `rmdir' to exit unsuccessfully. `-v' `--verbose' Give a diagnostic for each successful removal. DIRECTORY is removed. Note: rm invocation, for how to remove non-empty directories (recursively). automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |