rmdir is a command which will remove an empty directory on a
Unix-system. It cannot be capitalized. Normal usage is straightforward where
one types:
rmdir name_of_directory
Where name_of_directory corresponds with the name of the
directory one wishes to delete. There are options to this command such as -p
which removes parent directories if they are also empty.
For example:
rmdir –p foo/bar/baz
Will first remove baz/, then bar/ and finally foo/ thus
removing the entire directory tree specified in the command argument.
Often rmdir will not remove a directory if there is still
files present in the directory. To force the removal of the directory even if
files are present usually the -rf flag can be used. For example:
rmdir -Rf for/bar/baz
