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- .th RMDIR I 3/15/72
- .sh NAME
- rmdir \*- remove directory
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- .bd rmdir
- dir ...
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Rmdir
- removes (deletes) directories.
- The directory must be empty (except for the standard entries
- `\fB.\fR' and `\fB..\fR', which
- .it rmdir
- itself removes).
- Write permission is required in the
- directory in which the directory to be removed appears.
- .sh BUGS
- Needs a \fB\*-r\fR flag.
- .br
- Actually, write permission in the
- directory's parent is
- .it not
- required.
- .br
- Mildly unpleasant consequences
- can follow removal of your own or someone else's current directory.
-