Perl

Delete FTP Directory Tree

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Delete an entire directory tree on an FTP server. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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.yourftpserver.com");
$ftp->put_Username("****");
$ftp->put_Password("****");

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Set the current remote directory to the root of
# the tree to be deleted
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("/something");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Delete the entire tree.  All sub-directories and files are deleted.
$success = $ftp->DeleteTree();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The /something directory still exists.  To delete it,
# we move up one directory level and then delete it.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("..");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->RemoveRemoteDir("something");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();