User Commands						 RMDIR(1)



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
     Report rmdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General	    help	using	     GNU	software:
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 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	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
     law.

SEE ALSO
     rmdir(2)

     The full documentation for	rmdir is maintained as a  Texinfo
     manual.   If  the	info  and  rmdir  programs  are	 properly
     installed at your site, the command



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