DESCRIPTION

     The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by each directory
     argument, provided it is empty.

     Arguments are processed in the order given.  In order to remove both a
     parent directory and a subdirectory of that parent, the subdirectory must
     be specified first so the parent directory is empty when rmdir tries to
     remove it.

     The following option is available:

     -p      Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all
             components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the
             last most component.  (See rm(1) for fully non-discriminant
             recursive removal.)

     -v      Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed.

EXIT STATUS

     The rmdir utility exits with one of the following values:

     0       Each directory entry specified by a dir operand referred to an
             empty directory and was removed successfully.

     >0      An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

     rm(1)

STANDARDS

     The rmdir command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compat-
     ible.

HISTORY

     A rmdir command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.

BSD                             March 21, 2004                             BSD