rmdir

rmdir

 [

options

] 

directories

Delete the named directories (the name itself, not the contents). directories are deleted from the parent directory and must be empty (if not, rm -r can be used instead). See also mkdir .

Options

-p

Remove directories and any intervening parent directories that become empty as a result; useful for removing subdirectory trees.

-s

Suppress standard error messages caused by -p .