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HP-UX Reference > Rrmdir(1)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMErmdir — remove directories DESCRIPTIONrmdir removes the directory entry for each dir operand that refers to an empty directory. Directories are removed in the order specified. Consequently, if a directory and a subdirectory of that directory are both specified as arguments, the subdirectory must be specified before the parent directory so that the parent directory will be empty when rmdir tries to remove it. Removal of a directory requires write and search (execute) permission in its parent directory, but no permissions on the directory itself; but if the sticky bit is set on the parent directory, only the owner of the directory, the owner of the parent directory, or a user having appropriate privileges can remove the directory. Optionsrmdir recognizes the following options:
EXTERNAL INFLUENCESEnvironment VariablesLANG provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the default value of "C" (see lang(5)) is used. If any of the internationalization variables contains an invalid setting, rmdir will behave as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See environ(5). LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. LC_CTYPE determines the interpretation of dir names as single and/or multi-byte characters, the classification of characters as printable, and the characters matched by character class expressions in regular expressions. LC_MESSAGES determines the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and informative messages written to standard output. NLSPATH determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES. DIAGNOSTICSGenerally self-explanatory. Note that the -f option does not suppress all diagnostic messages. |
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