RMDIR(1) | FreeBSD General Commands Manual | RMDIR(1) |
NAME
rmdir — remove directoriesSYNOPSIS
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 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.
EXAMPLES
Remove the directory foobar, if it is empty:
$ rmdir foobar
Remove all directories up to and including cow, stopping at the first non-empty directory (if any):
$ rmdir -p cow/horse/monkey
SEE ALSO
rm(1)STANDARDS
The rmdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.HISTORY
A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.March 15, 2013 | FreeBSD |