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: General help using GNU software: Report rmdir translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . 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 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 RMDIR(1)