NAME
rmdir —
remove directories
SYNOPSIS
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
rm(1)
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.