Visual FoxPro

Remove Directory

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Delete a remote FTP directory. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp

lnSuccess = 0

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

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "login"
loFtp.Password = "password"

* Connect and login to the FTP server.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* 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.
lnSuccess = loFtp.RemoveRemoteDir("newDirName")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

RELEASE loFtp