B4X

Remove a Remote FTP Directory (RMD)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.RemoveRemoteDir method, which removes a remote directory. The only argument is the remote directory path.

Background: Most FTP servers refuse to remove a directory that is not empty, so clearing a populated folder means deleting its contents first — or using DeleteTree to clear the subtree and then removing the now-empty directory. After a removal, the cached indexed listing is not refreshed automatically; call ClearDirCache before relying on the old cache again.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.RemoveRemoteDir method, which removes a remote directory.  The only
'  argument is the remote directory path.

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.Password = "myPassword"

success = ftp.Connect
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  FTP servers generally require the directory to be empty before it can be removed.
success = ftp.RemoveRemoteDir("uploads/old")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log("Directory removed.")

success = ftp.Disconnect
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If