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    RMDIR

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    NAME

    rmdir – remove empty directories  

    SYNOPSIS

    rmdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…  

    DESCRIPTION

    Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.

    –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
    –help
    display this help and exit
    –version
    output version information and exit
     

    AUTHOR

    Written by David MacKenzie.  

    REPORTING BUGS

    GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
    Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>  

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  

    Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.

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