rmdir -- Command

Remove directories
rmdir [ -f ] directory ...

rmdir removes  each directory. This will  not be allowed if  a directory is
the current working directory or is  not empty.  The force option -f allows
the superuser  to override these  restrictions.  rmdir removes  the `.' and
`..' entries  automatically.  Note that using the -f  option on a directory
that is not empty will damage the file system, and require that it be fixed
with fsck.

See Also

commands,
mkdir,
rm

Notes

rmdir -f does not remove files from a nonempty directory: it simply orphans
them.  To remove a nonempty directory and its contents, use rm -r instead.

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness