Syntax

rmdir logical-name=directory

Description

The rmdir command removes the specified directory. Only the last directory in the path is removed.

The directory must be empty or the command fails. The delete command is available for file deletion.

There is no default directory.

The command is valid only for the hfs file system.

IBM i	hfs supports the root and QOpenSys file systms under IFS.
z/OS	hfs supports the UNIX System Services file system.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
logical-name	Logical name of the transfer server to execute the rmdir command.
directory	Name of the directory to remove. This can be a relative path.

Examples

The following examples assume that the logical name remotesys is valid.

To remove the /home/max/tmp directory:

rmdir remotesys=/home/max/tmp

Windows

The example would be:


rmdir remotesys=C:\home\max\tmp

To remove the directory /home/max/tmp/abc using a relative path, assuming that the current directory is /home/max/ and that /home/max/tmp exists.

rmdir remotesys=tmp/abc