1# rmdir 2 3 4## Command Function<a name="section1839611420266"></a> 5 6This command is used to delete a directory. 7 8## Syntax<a name="section329574512266"></a> 9 10rmdir \[_-p_\] \[_dirname..._\] 11 12## Parameters<a name="section15865747102620"></a> 13 14**Table 1** Parameter description 15 16<a name="table1557mcpsimp"></a> 17<table><thead align="left"><tr id="row1563mcpsimp"><th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.1"><p id="p1565mcpsimp"><a name="p1565mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1565mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b170710424141"><a name="b170710424141"></a><a name="b170710424141"></a>Parameter</strong></p> 18</th> 19<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.2"><p id="p1567mcpsimp"><a name="p1567mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1567mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b10358846121415"><a name="b10358846121415"></a><a name="b10358846121415"></a>Description</strong></p> 20</th> 21<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" id="mcps1.2.4.1.3"><p id="p1569mcpsimp"><a name="p1569mcpsimp"></a><a name="p1569mcpsimp"></a><strong id="b171032047111410"><a name="b171032047111410"></a><a name="b171032047111410"></a>Value Range</strong></p> 22</th> 23</tr> 24</thead> 25<tbody><tr id="row17771161013316"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p19752111019336"><a name="p19752111019336"></a><a name="p19752111019336"></a>--help</p> 26</td> 27<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p18752121015338"><a name="p18752121015338"></a><a name="p18752121015338"></a>Displays the parameters supported by the <strong id="b101038101521"><a name="b101038101521"></a><a name="b101038101521"></a>rmdir</strong> command.</p> 28</td> 29<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p127521810103316"><a name="p127521810103316"></a><a name="p127521810103316"></a>N/A</p> 30</td> 31</tr> 32<tr id="row977061043317"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p67521810113316"><a name="p67521810113316"></a><a name="p67521810113316"></a>-p</p> 33</td> 34<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p1475271013319"><a name="p1475271013319"></a><a name="p1475271013319"></a>Deletes a path.</p> 35</td> 36<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p117525107338"><a name="p117525107338"></a><a name="p117525107338"></a>N/A</p> 37</td> 38</tr> 39<tr id="row2769810133315"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p775211053314"><a name="p775211053314"></a><a name="p775211053314"></a>--ignore-fail-on-non-empty</p> 40</td> 41<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p77522010123314"><a name="p77522010123314"></a><a name="p77522010123314"></a>Suppresses the error message when a non-empty directory is to be deleted.</p> 42</td> 43<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p1475281014339"><a name="p1475281014339"></a><a name="p1475281014339"></a>N/A</p> 44</td> 45</tr> 46<tr id="row1776918105337"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="21%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.1 "><p id="p5752141018337"><a name="p5752141018337"></a><a name="p5752141018337"></a>dir</p> 47</td> 48<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="52%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.2 "><p id="p3752161083313"><a name="p3752161083313"></a><a name="p3752161083313"></a>Specifies the name of the directory to delete. The directory must be empty. A path is supported.</p> 49</td> 50<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27%" headers="mcps1.2.4.1.3 "><p id="p57521210113313"><a name="p57521210113313"></a><a name="p57521210113313"></a>N/A</p> 51</td> 52</tr> 53</tbody> 54</table> 55 56## Usage<a name="section107857508261"></a> 57 58- The **rmdir** command can only be used to delete directories. 59- The **rmdir** command can delete only one directory at a time. 60- The **rmdir** command can delete only empty directories. 61 62## Example<a name="section11196165315262"></a> 63 64Run **rmdir dir**. 65 66## Output<a name="section1073811415613"></a> 67 68Deleting the directory **dir**: 69 70``` 71OHOS:/test$ mkdir dir 72OHOS:/test$ ls 73dir 74OHOS:/test$ rmdir dir/ 75OHOS:/test$ ls 76``` 77 78