Ruby

Remove Directory

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Delete a remote FTP directory. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com")
ftp.put_Username("login")
ftp.put_Password("password")

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Delete a directory on the FTP server.  The directory
# must not contain any files, otherwise an error status
# will be returned.  Most FTP servers do not allow
# directories containing files to be deleted.
success = ftp.RemoveRemoteDir("newDirName")
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = ftp.Disconnect()