The rmdir command removes each requested directory. Each directory must be empty for rmdir to be successful.
removes all intermediate components. For example,
rmdir -p abc/def/ghi
is equivalent to
rmdir abc/def/ghi rmdir abc/def rmdir abc
Possible exit status values are:
Failure because directory is not a directory, or because it still contains files or subdirectories.
Failure because of an invalid command line option, or no directory names specified.
- Non-empty directory
means that files or other directories are found under the directory to be removed. Use rm
-rto remove the directory.
- No such directory
means that the requested directory does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible.
- Current directory illegal
indicates that you should use cd to change to another directory before removing the current directory.
rmdir is provided as both an external utility and a built-in MKS KornShell utility.
POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems. Windows XP. Windows Server 2003. Windows Vista. Windows 7. Windows Server 2008. Windows 8. Windows Server 2012.
A command of the same name comes with Windows. This command is provided as an alternative because it accepts multiple arguments and UNIX style file names.
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