RD - Remove subdirectories

 Purpose:    Remove one or more subdirectories. 
             
 Format:     RD path ... 
                 or 
             RMDIR path ... 
             
             path :  The name of one or more subdirectories to remove. 
 

 See also:  MD. 

 File Selection 

 Supports extended wildcards, ranges, multiple file names, and include 
 lists. 

 Usage 

 RD and RMDIR are synonyms.  You can use either one. 

 RD removes directories from the directory tree.  For example, to remove 
 the subdirectory MEMOS from the subdirectory WP, you can use this 
 command: 

 
         [c:\] rd \wp\memos
 

 Before using RD, you must delete all files and subdirectories (and their 
 files) in the path you want to remove.  Remember to remove hidden and 
 read-only files as well as normal files (you can use DEL /Z to delete 
 hidden and read-only files). 

 You can use wildcards in the path. 

 When removing a directory on an HPFS drive, you must quote any path which 
 contains whitespace or special characters.  See File Names for additional 
 details. 

 If RD removes one or more directories, they will be deleted automatically 
 from the extended directory search database. 

 You cannot remove the root directory, the current directory (.), any 
 directory above the current directory in the directory tree, or any 
 directory in use by another process in a multitasking system.