1 /* rmdir -- remove directories
3 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
21 -p, --parent Remove any parent dirs that are explicitly mentioned
22 in an argument, if they become empty after the
23 argument file is removed.
25 David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
30 #include <sys/types.h>
36 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
37 #define PROGRAM_NAME "rmdir"
39 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie"
41 /* The name this program was run with. */
44 /* If true, remove empty parent directories. */
45 static bool remove_empty_parents;
47 /* If true, don't treat failure to remove a nonempty directory
49 static bool ignore_fail_on_non_empty;
51 /* If true, output a diagnostic for every directory processed. */
54 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
55 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
58 IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
61 static struct option const longopts[] =
63 /* Don't name this `--force' because it's not close enough in meaning
64 to e.g. rm's -f option. */
65 {"ignore-fail-on-non-empty", no_argument, NULL,
66 IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION},
68 {"path", no_argument, NULL, 'p'}, /* Deprecated. */
69 {"parents", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
70 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
71 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
72 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
76 /* Return true if ERROR_NUMBER is one of the values associated
77 with a failed rmdir due to non-empty target directory. */
80 errno_rmdir_non_empty (int error_number)
82 return (error_number == RMDIR_ERRNO_NOT_EMPTY);
85 /* Remove any empty parent directories of DIR.
86 If DIR contains slash characters, at least one of them
87 (beginning with the rightmost) is replaced with a NUL byte.
88 Return true if successful. */
91 remove_parents (char *dir)
96 strip_trailing_slashes (dir);
99 slash = strrchr (dir, '/');
102 /* Remove any characters after the slash, skipping any extra
104 while (slash > dir && *slash == '/')
108 /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose. */
110 error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);
112 ok = (rmdir (dir) == 0);
116 /* Stop quietly if --ignore-fail-on-non-empty. */
117 if (ignore_fail_on_non_empty
118 && errno_rmdir_non_empty (errno))
124 error (0, errno, "%s", quotearg_colon (dir));
135 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
136 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
140 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...\n"), program_name);
142 Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.\n\
144 --ignore-fail-on-non-empty\n\
145 ignore each failure that is solely because a directory\n\
149 -p, --parents Remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is\n\
150 similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'.\n\
151 -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed\n\
153 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
154 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
155 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
161 main (int argc, char **argv)
166 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
167 program_name = argv[0];
168 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
169 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
170 textdomain (PACKAGE);
172 atexit (close_stdout);
174 remove_empty_parents = false;
176 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "pv", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
181 remove_empty_parents = true;
183 case IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION:
184 ignore_fail_on_non_empty = true;
189 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
190 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
192 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
198 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
199 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
202 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
204 char *dir = argv[optind];
206 /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose. */
208 error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);
210 if (rmdir (dir) != 0)
212 if (ignore_fail_on_non_empty
213 && errno_rmdir_non_empty (errno))
216 error (0, errno, "%s", quotearg_colon (dir));
219 else if (remove_empty_parents)
221 ok &= remove_parents (dir);
225 exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);