RMDIR(1) BSD General Commands Manual RMDIR(1)NAMErmdir — remove directories
SYNOPSISrmdir [-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 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.)
-v Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed.
EXIT STATUS
The rmdir utility exits with one of the following values:
0 Each directory entry specified by a directory operand referred to
an empty directory and was removed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.
SEE ALSOrm(1)STANDARDS
The rmdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compati‐
ble.
HISTORY
A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
BSD March 21, 2004 BSD
