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44 .Nd remove directories
52 utility removes the directory entry specified by
55 argument, provided it is empty.
57 Arguments are processed in the order given.
58 In order to remove both a parent directory and a subdirectory
59 of that parent, the subdirectory
60 must be specified first so the parent directory
65 The following option is available:
66 .Bl -tag -width indent
70 argument is treated as a pathname of which all
71 components will be removed, if they are empty,
72 starting with the last most component.
75 for fully non-discriminant recursive removal.)
77 Be verbose, listing each directory as it is removed.
82 utility exits with one of the following values:
85 Each directory entry specified by a dir operand
86 referred to an empty directory and was removed
96 command is expected to be