Delete Files Matching Pattern

The DeleteMatching method deletes all files in the current remote directory matching a wildcarded filename.

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set ftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

ftp.Hostname = "www.chilkatsoft.com"
ftp.Username = "MyLogin"
ftp.Password = "MyPassword"

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Change to the remote directory where the files to be deleted are located.
'  for the FTP account.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Delete all files with filenames matching "ftp_*.asp"
numDeleted = ftp.DeleteMatching("ftp_*.asp")
If (numDeleted < 0) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

ftp.Disconnect 

Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( numDeleted _
     & " Files Deleted!") & "<br>"
%>
</body>
</html>

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