rmdir

Also known as rd

In computing, rmdir (or rd) is a command which will remove an empty directory on various operating systems.

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Software.name: rmdir / rd
Software.screenshot: Rmdir example.png
Software.caption: Example of rmdir
Software.author: Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie(AT&T Bell Laboratories)
Software.developer: Various open-source and commercial developers
Software.operating system: Unix, Unix-like, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, KolibriOS
Software.platform: Cross-platform
Software.genre: Command

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Implementations
Usage
Unix, Unix-like
DOS, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS
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In computing, rmdir (or rd) is a command which will remove an empty directory on various operating systems.

==Implementations== The command is available in Unix (e.g. macOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Unix-like (e.g. FreeBSD, Linux), DOS, Digital Research FlexOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows or ReactOS operating systems. On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 2 and later. DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the command.