rmdir

PURPOSE

     Removes a directory.

SYNOPSIS
     rm [ -fri ] file ...

     rmdir dir ...


DESCRIPTION

     The rmdir  command removes  a directory from  the system.
     The directory must be empty before you can remove it, and
     you must  have write permission in  its parent directory.
     Use the li -l command to see if the directory is empty.

EXAMPLE

     To empty and remove a directory:

       rm   mydir/*   mydir/.*
       rmdir  mydir

     This removes  the contents  of "mydir", then  removes the
     empty directory. The rm command displays an error message
     about  trying  to  remove  the  directories  . (dot)  and
     .. (dot dot), and then rmdir removes them.

     Note that "rm mydir/* mydir/.*"  first removes files with
     names that do not begin with  a that dot, then those with
     names that do begin with a dot.  You may not realize that
     the directory contains  file names that begin  with a dot
     because the li command does not normally list them.

RELATED INFORMATION

     The following command:  "rm."

     The unlink and rmdir system calls in AIX Operating System
     Technical Reference.