RMDIR(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual RMDIR(1)NAMErmdir - remove directories
SYNOPSISrmdir [-p] 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 options are as follows:
-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.)
EXIT STATUS
The rmdir utility exits with one of the following values:
0 Each directory argument 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 ALSOrm(1), rmdir(2)STANDARDS
The rmdir utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX'')
specification.
HISTORY
A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
OpenBSD 4.9 December 3, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9
