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.TH RMDIR "1" "December 2006" "rmdir 6.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
rmdir \- remove empty directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rmdir
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIDIRECTORY\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
.HP
\fB\-\-ignore\-fail\-on\-non\-empty\fR
.IP
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory
is non\-empty
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-parents\fR
Remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors.  E.g., `rmdir \fB\-p\fR a/b/c' is
similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rmdir(2)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B rmdir
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B rmdir
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info rmdir
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.