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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index fe2fc52b7..94c9fbfa5 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11006,7 +11006,19 @@ Give a diagnostic for each successful removal. @end table -@xref{rm invocation}, for how to remove non-empty directories (recursively). +@xref{rm invocation}, for how to remove non-empty directories recursively. + +To remove all empty directories under @var{dirname}, including +directories that become empty because other directories are removed, +you can use either of the following commands: + +@example +# This uses GNU extensions. +find @var{dirname} -type d -empty -delete + +# This runs on any POSIX platform. +find @var{dirname} -depth -type d -exec rmdir @{@} + +@end example @exitstatus |