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Manual Reference Pages  - RMDIR (1)

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rmdir - remove empty directories

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rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
	ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty
-p, --parents
	remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory component of that path name. E.g., ‘rmdir -p a/b/c’ is similar to ‘rmdir a/b/c a/b a’.
-v, --verbose
	output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

Written by David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command

	info coreutils rmdir

should give you access to the complete manual.

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