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rmdir

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)

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