File: fileutils.info,  Node: rmdir invocation,  Prev: mknod invocation,  Up: Special file types

`rmdir': Remove empty directories
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   `rmdir' removes empty directories.  Synopsis:

     rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

   If any DIRECTORY argument does not refer to an existing empty
directory, it is an error.

   The program accepts the following option.  Also see *Note Common
options::.

`-p'
`--parents'
     Remove any parent directories that become empty after an argument
     DIRECTORY is removed.

   *Note rm invocation::, for how to remove non-empty directories
(recursively).

