rmdir - remove empty directories


Usage

rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

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

linux3[80]% ls
myDir  myOtherDir  sample.dat  sample.txt
linux3[81]% rmdir myDir/
linux3[82]% mkdir myDir
linux3[83]% ls
myDir  myOtherDir  sample.dat  sample.txt
linux3[84]% rmdir myDir
linux3[85]% rmdir myOtherDir
rmdir: `myOtherDir': Directory not empty
linux3[86]% ls myOtherDir
test.txt
linux3[87]% rm myOtherDir/test.txt
rm: remove `myOtherDir/test.txt'? y
linux3[88]% rmdir myOtherDir
linux3[89]%

Daniel J. Hood
Last modified: Thu Sep 30 11:21:04 EDT 2004