# Command: rmdir

      RMDIR removes (deletes) an empty directory.

## Syntax:

      RMDIR [drive][path]pathname
      RMDIR [/?]
            drive     The drive letter where you want to delete a
                      directory, e.g. C:
            path      The pathname which already exists, e.g. if you are
                      already in a directory.
            pathname  The name of the directory you want to delete,
                      e.g. \example.

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## Options:

      /?  Shows the help

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## Comments:

      For performance reasons RMDIR only overwrites the first letter of
      each directory name / filename by a '?'. See DEL or ERASE or
      DELTREE for more information. You can also use RD instead of RMDIR.
      RMDIR will only delete empty directories (no files or directories
      inside)! Do not forget to remove hidden files or directories!
      In DOS directories are shown in capital letters and have NO ending.
      RMDIR is a command internal to command.com and needs no other file
      in order to work.

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## Examples:

      You have an EMPTY directory C:\test\test2
      rmdir C:\test\test2

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## See also:

      attrib
      cd
      cdd
      chdir
      del
      deltree
      erase
      md
      mkdir
      rd
      undelete

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## File:

      Please read this command's lsm file also.
      You will find the updated version (internet) here and
      the version described in this manual page here.
      The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
      the download site, and some other command related information.

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      Copyright © 1998 Jim Hall, updated 2007 by W. Spiegl.

      This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
      See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.