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Linux / Unix rmdir command (remove – delete)

February 16th, 2009

 

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/urmdir.htm

 

About rmdir

Deletes a directory.

Syntax

rmdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…

–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.

–version
output version information and exit.

Examples

rmdir mydir – removes the directory mydir

rm -r directory – would remove a directory, even if files existed in that directory.

Related commands

rm

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