The
utility removes the directory entry specified by
each
directory
argument, provided it is empty.
Arguments are processed in the order given.
In order to remove both a parent directory and a subdirectory
of that parent, the subdirectory
must be specified first so the parent directory
is empty when
tries to remove it.
The following option is available:
-p
Each
directory
argument is treated as a pathname of which all
components will be removed, if they are empty,
starting with the last most component.
(See
rm(1)
for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.)
-v
Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed.
EXIT STATUS
The
utility exits with one of the following values:
0
Each directory entry specified by a
directory
operand
referred to an empty directory and was removed
successfully.
