4.3BSD-Tahoe/usr/man/cat1/rmdir.0

RMDIR(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual		 RMDIR(1)



NNAAMMEE
     rmdir, rm	- remove (unlink) directories or files

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     rrmmddiirr dir ...

     rrmm [ --ff ] [ --rr ] [ --ii ] [ -- ] file ...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     _R_m_d_i_r removes entries for the named directories, which must
     be empty.

     _R_m removes the entries for one or more files from a direc-
     tory.  If an entry was the last link to the file, the file
     is destroyed.  Removal of a file requires write permission
     in its directory, but neither read nor write permission on
     the file itself.

     If a file has no write permission and the standard input is
     a terminal, its permissions are printed and a line is read
     from the standard input.  If that line begins with `y' the
     file is deleted, otherwise the file remains.  No questions
     are asked and no errors are reported when the --ff (force)
     option is given.

     If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is
     printed unless the optional argument --rr has been used.  In
     that case, _r_m recursively deletes the entire contents of the
     specified directory, and the directory itself.

     If the --ii (interactive) option is in effect, _r_m asks whether
     to delete each file, and, under --rr, whether to examine each
     directory.

     The null option -- indicates that all the arguments following
     it are to be treated as file names.  This allows the specif-
     ication of file names starting with a minus.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     rm(1), unlink(2), rmdir(2)















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