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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/rm.c b/src/rm.c
index 02809f214..a45594e42 100644
--- a/src/rm.c
+++ b/src/rm.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static struct option const long_opts[] =
{"-presume-input-tty", no_argument, NULL, PRESUME_INPUT_TTY_OPTION},
{"recursive", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
+ {"dir", no_argument, NULL, 'd'},
{"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
{GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
{GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).\n\
--no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially\n\
--preserve-root do not remove '/' (default)\n\
-r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively\n\
+ -d, --dir remove empty directories\n\
-v, --verbose explain what is being done\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ rm_option_init (struct rm_options *x)
x->ignore_missing_files = false;
x->interactive = RMI_SOMETIMES;
x->one_file_system = false;
+ x->remove_empty_directories = false;
x->recursive = false;
x->root_dev_ino = NULL;
x->stdin_tty = isatty (STDIN_FILENO);
@@ -220,10 +223,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
/* Try to disable the ability to unlink a directory. */
priv_set_remove_linkdir ();
- while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "firvIR", long_opts, NULL)) != -1)
+ while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "dfirvIR", long_opts, NULL)) != -1)
{
switch (c)
{
+ case 'd':
+ x.remove_empty_directories = true;
+ break;
+
case 'f':
x.interactive = RMI_NEVER;
x.ignore_missing_files = true;