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@(#)rmdir.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.Dd May 31, 1993 .Dt RMDIR 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rmdir .Nd remove directories .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl p .Ar directory ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by each .Ar directory argument, provided it is empty.
p 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 .Nm tries to remove it.
p The following option is available: l -tag -width Ds t Fl p Each .Ar 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 .Xr rm 1 for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.) .El .Sh EXIT STATUS The .Nm utility exits with one of the following values: l -tag -width Ds t Li 0 Each directory entry specified by a dir operand referred to an empty directory and was removed successfully. t Li \*[Gt]0 An error occurred. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rm 1 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm utility is expected to be .St -p1003.2 compatible.