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
rm(1)
STANDARDS
The
rmdir
utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'')
compatible.