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RMDIR(1)                NetBSD General Commands Manual                RMDIR(1)


NAME

     rmdir -- remove directories


SYNOPSIS

     rmdir [-pv] 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 options are 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.)

     -v      Cause rmdir to be verbose, showing directories as they are pro-
             cessed.


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'') compat-
     ible.


HISTORY

     An rmdir utility appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

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