rmdir/rmdir.1

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  39 .Dd May 31, 1993
  40 .Dt RMDIR 1
  41 .Os
  42 .Sh NAME
  43 .Nm rmdir
  44 .Nd remove directories
  45 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  46 .Nm
  47 .Op Fl p
  48 .Ar directory ...
  49 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  50 The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by
  51 each
  52 .Ar directory
  53 argument, provided it is empty.
  54 .Pp
  55 Arguments are processed in the order given.
  56 In order to remove both a parent directory and a subdirectory
  57 of that parent, the subdirectory
  58 must be specified first so the parent directory
  59 is empty when
  60 .Nm
  61 tries to remove it.
  62 .Pp
  63 The following option is available:
  64 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  65 .It Fl p
  66 Each
  67 .Ar directory
  68 argument is treated as a pathname of which all
  69 components will be removed, if they are empty,
  70 starting with the last most component.
  71 (See
  72 .Xr rm 1
  73 for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.)
  74 .El
  75 .Pp
  76 The
  77 .Nm
  78 utility exits with one of the following values:
  79 .Bl -tag -width Ds
  80 .It Li \&0
  81 Each directory entry specified by a dir operand
  82 referred to an empty directory and was removed
  83 successfully.
  84 .It Li \&>\&0
  85 An error occurred.
  86 .El
  87 .Sh SEE ALSO
  88 .Xr rm 1
  89 .Sh STANDARDS
  90 The
  91 .Nm
  92 utility is expected to be
  93 .St -p1003.2
  94 compatible.