SFTP Delete Directory

Demonstrates how to delete a directory on the remote SFTP server. The directory should be empty prior to deleting.

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'  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
'  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

Dim sftp As New ChilkatSFtp

'  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
Dim success As Long
success = sftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000

'  Connect to the SSH server.
'  The standard SSH port = 22
'  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
Dim port As Long
Dim hostname As String
hostname = "www.my-ssh-server.com"
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
'  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
'  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Delete a directory on the server.
'  The directory should be empty prior to deleting.
success = sftp.RemoveDir("abc123")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

MsgBox "Directory Deleted!"