RMDIR(1) | General Commands Manual | RMDIR(1) |
rmdir
— remove
directories
rmdir |
[-pv ] directory ... |
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 following option is available:
The rmdir
utility exits with one of the
following values:
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
The rmdir
utility is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”)
compatible.
A rmdir
command appeared in
Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
March 15, 2013 | macOS 14.6 |