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Linux / Unix rmdir command

February 6th, 2008 Posted in linux, server by dreamluverz


About rmdirDeletes a directory.

Syntax

rmdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…

–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.
–version output version information and exit.

Examples

rmdir mydir - removes the directory mydir

rm -r directory - would remove a directory, even if files existed in that directory.



source: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/urmdir.htm 

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2 Responses to “Linux / Unix rmdir command”

  1. dreamluverz Says:

    February 6th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    this helps alot. accdg to some forums you can also add this option -f for so it won’t prompt anymore.
    ex: rm -r -f diretory


  2. maderverz Says:

    February 7th, 2008 at 12:17 am

    nice website can we meet po and teach mo po me?


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