NAME 

rmdir - remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS 

rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION 

Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty
ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty
-p, --parents
Remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'.
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every directory processed
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR 

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS 

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT 

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO 

The full documentation for rmdir is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and rmdir programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info rmdir

should give you access to the complete manual.