Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

rmdir

Synopsis

rmdir [options] directories

Delete the named directories (not the contents). directories are deleted from the parent directory and must be empty (if not, rm -r can be used instead). See also mkdir.

Options

--help

Print a help message and then exit.

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty

Ignore failure to remove directories that are not empty.

-p, --parents

Remove directories and any intervening parent directories that become empty as a result. Useful for removing subdirectory trees.

-v, --verbose

Verbose mode; print message for each directory as it is processed.

--version

Print version information and then exit.