Swift

Remove a Remote Directory on an SFTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.RemoveDir method, which deletes a remote directory. The only argument is the directory path.

Background: Most SFTP servers refuse to remove a directory that is not empty, so deleting a populated tree means removing its files and subdirectories first — the inverse of building a path level by level. There is no single "recursive delete" in the SFTP protocol; a client implements it by listing, descending, and removing bottom-up.

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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.RemoveDir method, which deletes a remote directory.  The only argument
    //  is the directory path.

    let sftp = CkoSFtp()!

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    var port: Int = 22
    success = sftp.connect(hostname: "sftp.example.com", port: port)
    if success == false {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  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.
    var password: String? = "mySshPassword"

    success = sftp.authenticatePw(login: "mySshLogin", password: password)
    if success == false {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    success = sftp.initializeSftp()
    if success == false {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Delete a remote directory.  Most SFTP servers require the directory to be empty first.
    success = sftp.removeDir(path: "subdir/oldfolder")
    if success == false {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Directory removed.")

    sftp.disconnect()

}