RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1)NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
DESCRIPTION
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 and its ancestors; 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
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO rmdir(2)
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 RMDIR(1)
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RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1)NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...
DESCRIPTION
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 and its ancestors; 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
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report rmdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO rmdir(2)
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 invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 RMDIR(1)
How can I remove a non empty directory. ' rmdir directory_name ' complains that the directory is not empty. The same problem happens with ' rmdir directory_name/* '
Thanks (2 Replies)
hi, i understand that rmdir will only remove direcotry when it is empty but are there options which will also remove non-empty directories? i went to man rmdir but only find the option -p? i am on solaris. thanks (2 Replies)
Hello
i am trying to empty the trash using rm or rmdir command . Any idea how to delete the folders and subfolders using one of the above commands?
Thank You (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am having hard time to delete a directory:
$ rm -r testoxdwdw
rm: testoxdwdw non-existent
$ rmdir testoxdwdw
rmdir: testoxdwdw: No such file or directory
$ rm -rf testoxdwdw
Thanks! (2 Replies)
Hi, Any command or means to delete a director which is not empty
rmdir or similar
iam using Sun Solaries 2.6 :confused:
I have many full directories with subdirectories and I can not go on emptying them all (5 Replies)
Hello,
I am aware of that Find command finds certain files and remove command removes certain files.
However, is there a way to Find certain DIRECTORY and remove that DIRECTORY?
thank you (3 Replies)
Hello,
We use a very basic version of unix via putty and are not experts by any means.
We accidentally submitted the statement: "mkdir -l" ("dash-letter L) and a new directory was created. Putty/UNIX will now not recognize the statement "rmdir -l". When we run a "ls -l" command, it shows... (3 Replies)
Bonjour,
J'ai un répertoire /travail qui est vide.
je lance dans une console
cd /travail
puis
rmdir aa 2>&1 > /dev/null
et s'affiche alors " rmdir : aa :Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type."
J'essaie de comprendre :
rmdir aa 2>&1 redirige 2 vers 1 donc le message d'erreur vers... (4 Replies)
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