rmdir Top Level

rmdir

The command to remove or delete a directory.

   world% rmdir wwwinfo
   world%

The rmdir command will only remove an empty directory . If the directory still has active files, the following error will occur:

   world% rmdir wwwinfo
   wwwinfo: Directory not empty
   world%

To get a listing of the files in the directory use:

   world% ls wwwinfo
   notes sites
   world%

This directory contains the files named notes and sites. First remove these files with:

   world% rm wwwinfo/notes
   File wwwinfo/notes. Remove ? (yes/no)[no] : yes
   world% rm wwwinfo/sites
   File wwwinfo/sites. Remove ? (yes/no)[no] : yes
   world%

Now that the directory named wwwinfo is empty, you will be able to remove it.

ADVANCED FEATURE

If you are sure that you want to remove a directory and all the files it contains, you can force the recursive remove of the files. Notice the command is 'rm -r' and not 'rmdir -r'.

   world% rm -r wwwinfo
   Directory wwwinfo. Remove ? (yes/no)[no] : yes
   File wwwinfo/notes. Remove ? (yes/no)[no] : yes
   File wwwinfo/sites. Remove ? (yes/no)[no] : yes
   world%

RELATED COMMANDS

rm - to remove or delete files
recover - To request recovery of a file that has been removed. Note: it is not always possible to recover files.

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