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.sh NAME
rmdir \*- remove directory
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd rmdir
dir ...
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Rmdir
removes (deletes) directories.
The directory must be empty (except for the standard entries
`\fB.\fR' and `\fB..\fR', which
.it rmdir
itself removes).
Write permission is required in the
directory in which the directory to be removed appears.
.sh BUGS
Needs a \fB\*-r\fR flag.
.br
Actually, write permission in the
directory's parent is
.it not
required.
.br
Mildly unpleasant consequences
can follow removal of your own or someone else's current directory.