mrd(1)

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✨ mrd — bestie's guide to yeeting an MSDOS subdirectory ✨

okay so this is mrd(1), a General Commands Manual page, and she's here to help you delete a directory on an MS-DOS file system. iconic behavior, let's get into it 💅

💖 Name 💖

mrd — remove an MSDOS subdirectory 🗑️✨

⚠️ Note of warning ⚠️

bestie. listen. this manpage was automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and it may not be entirely accurate or complete. 😭 like, it's giving "the vibes are there but the details might be off." see the end of this man page for the details, okay? 🫶

🌸 Description 🌸

the mrd command is used to remove an MS-DOS subdirectory. its syntax is:

mrd [-v] msdosdirectory [ msdosdirectories... ]

Mrd removes a directory from an MS-DOS file system. periodt. 🎀

but lowkey — an error occurs if the directory does not exist or is not empty. so like, she's not gonna clean up your mess for you, she needs the directory to be empty first, no cap. 💀

🦋 See Also 🦋

  • Mtools' texinfo doc 📖

🌈 Viewing the texi doc 🌈

okay so this manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. however, this process is only approximative, and some items — like crossreferences, footnotes and indices — are lost in this translation process. 🙈 like, it's giving "something got lost in the group chat."

indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format. moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. so I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. ✨ see the end of this manpage for instructions on how to view the texinfo doc.

  • To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
  • To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html

A premade html can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html 🔥

  • To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info

The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. 💅 so like, if you want the pretty version, you know where to go.

and that's the whole vibe, bestie 💜 this was mtools-4.0.49, dated 14Jun25, and it's mrd(1) — go forth and delete responsibly, mwah 🎀✨

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