One of the little Unix irritations is how rm (and unlink()) don't remove empty directories. There's no reason for it any more, just history.
@thatcks For unlink(2) I think the restriction is fair, but >30 years ago we made 8/e tm remove empty dirs, and I still miss it.
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@thatcks s/ tm / rm /
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