Swift

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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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let ftp = CkoFtp2()!

    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 {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    success = ftp.changeRemoteDir(relativeDirPath: "public_html")
    if success == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  FTP servers generally require the directory to be empty before it can be removed.
    success = ftp.removeRemoteDir(dir: "uploads/old")
    if success == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Directory removed.")

    success = ftp.disconnect()
    if success == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }


}