Perl

Remove Directory

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Delete a remote FTP directory. 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.example.com");
$ftp->put_Username("login");
$ftp->put_Password("password");

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

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

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();