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37 .Nd remove directories
45 utility removes the directory entry specified by
48 argument, provided it is empty.
50 Arguments are processed in the order given.
51 In order to remove both a parent directory and a subdirectory
52 of that parent, the subdirectory
53 must be specified first so the parent directory
58 The following option is available:
59 .Bl -tag -width indent
63 argument is treated as a pathname of which all
64 components will be removed, if they are empty,
65 starting with the last most component.
68 for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.)
70 Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed.
75 utility exits with one of the following values:
76 .Bl -tag -width indent
78 Each directory entry specified by a
81 referred to an empty directory and was removed
93 Remove all directories up to and including
95 stopping at the first non-empty directory (if any):
97 .Dl $ rmdir -p cow/horse/monkey
103 utility is expected to be