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.TH RMDIR "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "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
.IP
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 rmdir bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report rmdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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.SH ATTRIBUTES
See
.BR attributes (5)
for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
cbp-1 | cbp-1
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE 
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Availability	file/gnu-coreutils
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Stability	Uncommitted
.TE 
.PP
.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 coreutils \(aqrmdir invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.


.SH NOTES

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