1RMDIR(1)                    General Commands Manual                   RMDIR(1)
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NAME

6       rmdir, rm  - remove (unlink) directories or files
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SYNOPSIS

9       rmdir dir ...
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11       rm [ -f ] [ -r ] [ -i ] [ - ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       Rmdir removes entries for the named directories, which must be empty.
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16       Rm  removes  the entries for one or more files from a directory.  If an
17       entry was the last link to the file, the file is destroyed.  Removal of
18       a file requires write permission in its directory, but neither read nor
19       write permission on the file itself.
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21       If a file has no write permission and the standard input is a terminal,
22       its permissions are printed and a line is read from the standard input.
23       If that line begins with `y' the file is deleted,  otherwise  the  file
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25       (force) option is given.
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27       If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed unless
28       the  optional  argument -r has been used.  In that case, rm recursively
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32       If  the -i (interactive) option is in effect, rm asks whether to delete
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35       The null option - indicates that all the arguments following it are  to
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SEE ALSO

40       rm(1), unlink(2), rmdir(2)
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444.2 Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                        RMDIR(1)