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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, then try to remove each  direc-
              tory  component  of that path name.  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 bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and rmdir programs  are  prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info rmdir

       should give you access to the complete manual.



rmdir 5.3.0              November 2004                 RMDIR(1)