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| -rw-r--r-- | src/rmdir.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/rmdir.c b/src/rmdir.c index 24c5f66e3..9e8e2363a 100644 --- a/src/rmdir.c +++ b/src/rmdir.c @@ -130,9 +130,11 @@ usage (int status) Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.\n\ \n\ --ignore-fail-on-non-empty\n\ - ignore each failure that is solely because the\n\ - directory is non-empty\n\ - -p, --parents remove explicit parent directories if being emptied\n\ + ignore each failure that is solely because a directory\n\ + is non-empty\n\ + -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory\n\ + component of that path name. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is\n\ + similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'.\n\ --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed\n\ --help display this help and exit\n\ --version output version information and exit\n\ |