NAME

rmdir − remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS

rmdir [−p] [−−parents] [−−help] [−−version] dir... 

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of rmdir.  rmdir removes each given empty directory.  If any non-option argument does not refer to an existing empty directory, it is an error. 

OPTIONS

−p, −−parents
Remove any parent directories that are explicitly mentioned in an argument, if they become empty after the argument file is removed.

−−help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.