bug#45924: RFE: rmdir -r: recursively remove [empty] directories under the target.

[Paul Eggert]

On 1/18/21 8:08 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 1/17/21 11:18 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > find DIR -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} +
>
> find(1) can also find empty directories and delete them:
>
>    $ find DIR -type d -empty -delete

Thanks, I'd forgotten about that.

I added the attached to the manual, as the point seems worth documenting 
even if we don't change the code.

0001-doc-rmdir-recursive-substitutes.patch
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