RMDIR(1)RMDIR(1)NAME
rmdir, rm - remove (unlink) directories or files
SYNOPSISrmdir dir ...
rm [ -f ] [ -r ] [ -i ] [ - ] file ...
DESCRIPTION
Rmdir removes entries for the named directories, which must be empty.
Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a directory. If an
entry was the last link to the file, the file is destroyed. Removal of
a file requires write permission in its directory, but neither read nor
write permission on the file itself.
If a file has no write permission and the standard input is a terminal,
its permissions are printed and a line is read from the standard input.
If that line begins with `y' the file is deleted, otherwise the file
remains. No questions are asked and no errors are reported when the -f
(force) option is given.
If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed unless
the optional argument -r has been used. In that case, rm recursively
deletes the entire contents of the specified directory, and the
directory itself.
If the -i (interactive) option is in effect, rm asks whether to delete
each file, and, under -r, whether to examine each directory.
The null option - indicates that all the arguments following it are to
be treated as file names. This allows the specification of file names
starting with a minus.
SEE ALSOrm(1), unlink(2), rmdir(2)4.2 Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 RMDIR(1)