github.com/ncw/rclone@v1.48.1-0.20190724201158-a35aa1360e3e/docs/content/commands/rclone_rmdirs.md (about) 1 --- 2 date: 2019-06-20T16:09:42+01:00 3 title: "rclone rmdirs" 4 slug: rclone_rmdirs 5 url: /commands/rclone_rmdirs/ 6 --- 7 ## rclone rmdirs 8 9 Remove empty directories under the path. 10 11 ### Synopsis 12 13 This removes any empty directories (or directories that only contain 14 empty directories) under the path that it finds, including the path if 15 it has nothing in. 16 17 If you supply the --leave-root flag, it will not remove the root directory. 18 19 This is useful for tidying up remotes that rclone has left a lot of 20 empty directories in. 21 22 23 24 ``` 25 rclone rmdirs remote:path [flags] 26 ``` 27 28 ### Options 29 30 ``` 31 -h, --help help for rmdirs 32 --leave-root Do not remove root directory if empty 33 ``` 34 35 See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here. 36 37 ### SEE ALSO 38 39 * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends. 40