MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

UNIX

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which command is used for removing an empty directory?
A
mkdir
B
rmdir
C
del
D
remove
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Use the rmdir command to remove the directory, specified by the Directory parameter, from the system. The directory must be empty (it can contain only . and ..) before you can remove it, and you must have write permission in its parent directory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deleting directories and files through the command line in Linux requires understanding the correct use of the rm and rmdir commands. To put it simply, the rm command works for files and non-empty directories, while the rmdir only works for empty folders.

Detailed explanation-3: -To remove a directory and all its contents, including any subdirectories and files, use the rm command with the recursive option, -r .

Detailed explanation-4: -To remove a directory, just use the command rmdir <directory name> . Note: Any directories deleted with the rmdir command cannot be recovered.

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