rmdir

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 © 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.