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