Rust

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

let ftp = chilkat::Ftp2::new();

ftp.set_hostname("ftp.example.com");
ftp.set_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.set_password("myPassword");

if ftp.connect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

if ftp.change_remote_dir("public_html").is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// FTP servers generally require the directory to be empty before it can be removed.
if ftp.remove_remote_dir("uploads/old").is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Directory removed.");

if ftp.disconnect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}