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RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories under the target.

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From: Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis <at> gmx.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45924: RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories
 under the target.
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:05:40 +0100

Am 18.01.21 um 11:53 schrieb L A Walsh:
> Except that 'find DIR -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} +'
> is anything but simple and not something anyone outside of
> a minority of *nix users would have a clue about how to create, whereas 'rmdir -r DIR' is both direct and simple and
> more easily understandable by those who know how to remove
> a directory and recursively remove files. Applying the -r
> option of 'rm' and 'rd's focus on dirs seems a natural combination.

+1

Ulf

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