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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man1/rmdir.1 b/static/freebsd/man1/rmdir.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4332811 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man1/rmdir.1 @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd March 15, 2013 +.Dt RMDIR 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm rmdir +.Nd remove directories +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl pv +.Ar directory ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility removes the directory entry specified by +each +.Ar directory +argument, provided it is empty. +.Pp +Arguments are processed in the order given. +In order to remove both a parent directory and a subdirectory +of that parent, the subdirectory +must be specified first so the parent directory +is empty when +.Nm +tries to remove it. +.Pp +The following option is available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl p +Each +.Ar directory +argument is treated as a pathname of which all +components will be removed, if they are empty, +starting with the last most component. +(See +.Xr rm 1 +for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.) +.It Fl v +Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits with one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Er 0 +Each +.Ar directory +referred to an empty directory and was removed successfully. +.It Er 1 +An error occurred while attempting to remove one or more directories. +.It Er 2 +Invalid arguments. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Remove the directory +.Pa foobar , +if it is empty: +.Pp +.Dl $ rmdir foobar +.Pp +Remove all directories up to and including +.Pa cow , +stopping at the first non-empty directory (if any): +.Pp +.Dl $ rmdir -p cow/horse/monkey +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr rm 1 , +.Xr rmdir 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v1 . |