rmdir - Remove a directory

Format

rmdir [-p] directory ...

rmdir removes each requested directory. Each directory must be empty for rmdir to be successful.

-p

Removes all intermediate components. For example:

rmdir -p abc/def/ghi

is equivalent to:

rmdir abc/def/ghi
rmdir abc/def
rmdir abc

rmdir uses the following localization environment variables:

See Localization for more information.

0: Successful completion.
1: Failure to remove the directory. For example, the object is not a directory, the directory still contains files or subdirectories, or the user is not authorized.
2: Failure because either the command-line option was incorrect or a directory name was not specified.

Possible error messages include:

Nonempty directory: Files or other directories are found under the directory to be removed. Use rm -r to remove the directory.
No such directory: The requested directory does not exist or is otherwise inaccessible.

POSIX.2, X/Open Portability Guide, UNIX systems.

mkdir, rm