rmdir(1l)


NAME

rmdir - remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS

rmdir [-p] [--parents] [--help] [--version] dir...

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of rmdir . rmdir removes each given empty directory. If any non-option argument does not refer to an existing empty directory, it is an error.

OPTIONS

-p, --parents
Remove any parent directories that are explicitly mentioned in an argument, if they become empty after the argument file is removed.

--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

--version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.