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+.\" @(#)rmdir.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
+.\"
+.Dd May 31, 1993
.Dt RMDIR 1
-.Os BSD 4.4
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rmdir
.Nd remove directories
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rmdir
-.Op Fl p
+.\" .Op Fl p
.Ar directory ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by
tries to remove it.
.\" .Pp
.\" The following option is available:
-.\" .Tw Ds
-.\" .Tp Fl p
+.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.\" .It Fl p
.\" Each
.\" .Ar directory
.\" argument is treated as a pathname of which all
.\" (See
.\" .Xr rm 1
.\" for fully non-discriminant recursive removal).
+.\" .El
.Pp
The
.Nm rmdir
utility exits with one of the following values:
-.Tw Ds
-.Tp Li \&0
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Li \&0
Each directory entry specified by a dir operand
referred to an empty directory and was removed
successfully.
-.Tp Li \&>\&0
+.It Li \&>\&0
An error occurred.
-.Tp
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rm 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm rmdir
-function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
+command is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.