That's strange, since "rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty" seemingly shouldn't remove the directory. I wasn't aware about this, so I tested it, resp. compared it to "rm -r" [1].
Perhaps you should post the complete script, the culprit seems not to be "rmdir". [1] [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ touch ~/Desktop/test ~/Desktop/.test [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl Desktop total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:33 test -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:33 .test [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ rm -r ~/Desktop [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAld Desktop ls: cannot access Desktop: No such file or directory [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ mkdir Desktop ; touch ~/Desktop/test ~/Desktop/.test [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl Desktop total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 test -rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 0 Jun 8 10:34 .test [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ~/Desktop [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -hAld Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Jun 8 10:34 Desktop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1402216816.810.11.camel@archlinux
