RMDIR(1)                   OpenBSD Reference Manual                   RMDIR(1)

NAME
     rmdir - remove directories

SYNOPSIS
     rmdir [-p] directory [...]

DESCRIPTION
     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 options are as follows:

     -p      Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all
             components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the
             last most component.  (See rm(1) for fully non-discriminant re-
             cursive removal.)

     The rmdir utility exits with one of the following values:

     0       Each directory argument referred to an empty directory and was
             removed successfully.

     >0      An error occurred.

EXAMPLES
     rmdir foobar

     Remove the directory foobar if it is empty.

     rmdir -p cow/horse/monkey

     Remove all directories up to and including cow, stopping at the first
     non-empty directory (if any).

SEE ALSO
     rm(1), rmdir(2)

STANDARDS
     The rmdir utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compati-
     ble.

HISTORY
     A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

OpenBSD 3.0                      May 31, 1993                                1
