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1 | RMDIR(1) BSD Reference Manual RMDIR(1) |
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3 | N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE | |
4 | r\brm\bmd\bdi\bir\br - remove directories | |
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6 | S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS | |
7 | r\brm\bmd\bdi\bir\br _\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bo_\br_\by _\b._\b._\b. | |
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9 | D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN | |
10 | The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by each _\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bo_\br_\by | |
11 | argument, provided it is empty. | |
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13 | Arguments are processed in the order given. In order to remove both a | |
14 | parent directory and a subdirectory of that parent, the subdirectory must | |
15 | be specified first so the parent directory is empty when r\brm\bmd\bdi\bir\br tries to | |
16 | remove it. | |
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18 | The r\brm\bmd\bdi\bir\br utility exits with one of the following values: | |
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20 | 0 Each directory entry specified by a dir operand referred to an emp- | |
21 | ty directory and was removed successfully. | |
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23 | >0 An error occurred. | |
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25 | S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO | |
26 | rm(1) | |
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28 | S\bST\bTA\bAN\bND\bDA\bAR\bRD\bDS\bS | |
29 | The r\brm\bmd\bdi\bir\br command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati- | |
30 | ble. | |
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32 | 4.4BSD May 31, 1993 1 |