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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000 |
commit | e3cfc8ce61f788739c66445d903f8beacb40c93d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/bin/rmdir/rmdir.1 b/bin/rmdir/rmdir.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7649882 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/rmdir/rmdir.1 @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)rmdir.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd May 31, 1993 +.Dt RMDIR 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm rmdir +.Nd remove directories +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm rmdir +.\" .Op Fl p +.Ar directory ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The rmdir utility removes the directory entry specified by +each +.Ar directory +argument, provided it is empty. +.Pp +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 +.Nm rmdir +tries to remove it. +.\" .Pp +.\" The following option is available: +.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds +.\" .It Fl p +.\" Each +.\" .Ar 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 +.\" .Xr rm 1 +.\" for fully non-discriminant recursive removal). +.\" .El +.Pp +The +.Nm rmdir +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Li \&0 +Each directory entry specified by a dir operand +referred to an empty directory and was removed +successfully. +.It Li \&>\&0 +An error occurred. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rm 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm rmdir +command is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. |