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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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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

ftp = chilkat.CkFtp2()

ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com")
ftp.put_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.put_Password("myPassword")

success = ftp.Connect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  FTP servers generally require the directory to be empty before it can be removed.
success = ftp.RemoveRemoteDir("uploads/old")
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Directory removed.")

success = ftp.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()