1e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci# rmdir 2e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 3e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 4e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Command Function 5e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 6e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciThis command is used to delete a directory. 7e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 8e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 9e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Syntax 10e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 11e41f4b71Sopenharmony_cirmdir [_-p_] [_dirname..._] 12e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 13e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 14e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Parameters 15e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 16e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci**Table 1** Parameter description 17e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 18e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| Parameter| Description| Value Range| 19e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -------- | -------- | -------- | 20e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| --help | Displays the parameters supported by the **rmdir** command.| N/A | 21e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| -p | Deletes a path.| N/A | 22e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| --ignore-fail-on-non-empty | Suppresses the error message when a non-empty directory is to be deleted.| N/A | 23e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci| dir | Specifies the name of the directory to delete. The directory must be empty. A path is supported.| N/A | 24e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 25e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 26e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Usage Guidelines 27e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 28e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci- The **rmdir** command can only be used to delete directories. 29e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 30e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci- The **rmdir** command can delete only one directory at a time. 31e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 32e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci- The **rmdir** command can delete only empty directories. 33e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 34e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 35e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Example 36e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 37e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciRun **rmdir dir**. 38e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 39e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 40e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci## Output 41e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 42e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciDelete the directory **dir**. 43e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 44e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci 45e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci``` 46e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/test$ mkdir dir 47e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/test$ ls 48e41f4b71Sopenharmony_cidir 49e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/test$ rmdir dir/ 50e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ciOHOS:/test$ ls 51e41f4b71Sopenharmony_ci``` 52