1 /* rmdir -- remove directories
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 1995-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 -p, --parent Remove any parent dirs that are explicitly mentioned
20 in an argument, if they become empty after the
21 argument file is removed.
23 David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
28 #include <sys/types.h>
35 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
36 #define PROGRAM_NAME "rmdir"
38 #define WRITTEN_BY _("Written by David MacKenzie.")
48 /* The name this program was run with. */
51 /* If nonzero, remove empty parent directories. */
52 static int empty_paths;
54 /* If nonzero, don't treat failure to remove a nonempty directory
56 static int ignore_fail_on_non_empty;
58 /* If nonzero, output a diagnostic for every directory processed. */
61 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
62 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
65 IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
68 static struct option const longopts[] =
70 /* Don't name this `--force' because it's not close enough in meaning
71 to e.g. rm's -f option. */
72 {"ignore-fail-on-non-empty", no_argument, NULL,
73 IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION},
75 {"path", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
76 {"parents", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
77 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
78 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
79 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
83 /* Return nonzero if ERROR_NUMBER is one of the values associated
84 with a failed rmdir due to non-empty target directory. */
87 errno_rmdir_non_empty (int error_number)
89 return (error_number == RMDIR_ERRNO_NOT_EMPTY);
92 /* Remove any empty parent directories of PATH.
93 If PATH contains slash characters, at least one of them
94 (beginning with the rightmost) is replaced with a NUL byte. */
97 remove_parents (char *path)
102 strip_trailing_slashes (path);
105 slash = strrchr (path, '/');
108 /* Remove any characters after the slash, skipping any extra
110 while (slash > path && *slash == '/')
114 /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose. */
116 error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), path);
122 /* Stop quietly if --ignore-fail-on-non-empty. */
123 if (ignore_fail_on_non_empty
124 && errno_rmdir_non_empty (errno))
130 error (0, errno, "%s", quote (path));
142 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
146 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...\n"), program_name);
148 Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.\n\
150 --ignore-fail-on-non-empty\n\
151 ignore each failure that is solely because a directory\n\
155 -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY, then try to remove each directory\n\
156 component of that path name. E.g., `rmdir -p a/b/c' is\n\
157 similar to `rmdir a/b/c a/b a'.\n\
158 -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed\n\
160 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
161 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
162 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
168 main (int argc, char **argv)
173 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
174 program_name = argv[0];
175 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
176 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
177 textdomain (PACKAGE);
179 atexit (close_stdout);
183 while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "pv", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
187 case 0: /* Long option. */
192 case IGNORE_FAIL_ON_NON_EMPTY_OPTION:
193 ignore_fail_on_non_empty = 1;
198 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
199 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, WRITTEN_BY);
201 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
207 error (0, 0, _("too few arguments"));
208 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
211 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
214 char *dir = argv[optind];
216 /* Give a diagnostic for each attempted removal if --verbose. */
218 error (0, 0, _("removing directory, %s"), dir);
224 if (ignore_fail_on_non_empty
225 && errno_rmdir_non_empty (errno))
228 error (0, errno, "%s", quote (dir));
231 else if (empty_paths)
233 errors += remove_parents (dir);
237 exit (errors == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);