Introduction to Bash mistake?

Question

Do I misunderstand or is the highlighted text below a mistake in the 'Introduction to Bash' course?

The rmdir command deletes (removes) a directory, but only if it isn't empty. Fortunately, you can use the rm command to delete directories that aren't empty.

Found on this page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/bash-introduction/3-bash-commands

Answer 1

Hi Dalen van, Floor

Thats a good question and thanks for using QandA platform

I think your observation is correct

It seems there is a mistake, The rmdir command is used to remove empty directories, not non-empty ones.

I have taken a note on this and notified the team, thanks for pointing it out. ill get back to you on this with an update

If this helps kindly accept the answer thanks much.

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