What is the opposite of mkdir?

[hihihi100]

Hi there:

I recently created, via terminal, a new folder named "old", but now is not needed anymore. If I created it with:

hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:/media/Volume 1$ sudo mkdir ./old

what do I have to type to delete the folder?

Cheers

[techstop]

I believe 'rmdir' will do what you want.

[roger_1960]

Hi

Use rmdir. Have a look at

man rmdir

before you use it.

[hihihi100]

That seems to work, but Im gonna need more help:

hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:~$ cd /media/Volume\ 1
hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:/media/Volume 1$ sudo rmdir ./old
[sudo] password for hihihi100: 
rmdir: failed to remove `./old': Directory not empty
hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:/media/Volume 1$

Directory not empty: I have accessed the Volume \1 as I would access any external hard drive (mount, click on the icon), and tried to delete all the content of the folder, even right clicking on it to change its permissions, to not avail I always get:

Cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately?
The file "hihihi100" cannot be moved to the trash.
details:
Unable to trash file: Permission denied

Help please

OK, it seems my question has to do with

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty

              ignore each failure that is solely because a directory

              is non-empty

But I dont know what to type

So, help please...

cheers

[IcarusR]

OK, it seems my question has to do with

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty

              ignore each failure that is solely because a directory

              is non-empty

But I dont know what to type

Try this

sudo rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ./old

[hihihi100]

I think that didnt work either:

hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:~$ cd /media/Volume\ 1
hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:/media/Volume 1$ sudo rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ./old
[sudo] password for hihihi100: 
hihihi100@hihihi100-laptop:

I was prompted to type my password, but nothing happened, I can still see the non needed folder..

[hihihi100]

Well, it wasnt that difficult after all, but not via terminal:

I just opened the folder as administrator and deleted it

Cya