FTPDELDIR - Delete a directory on an FTP site

FTPDELDIR Delete a directory on an FTP site

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Syntax:	FTPDELDIR	[ dir name ]
Arguments:	[ dir name ]	Variable or string defining the directory name to delete.
Options:	/delfiles	Delete all files from the FTP site in [ dir name ].
	/incldirs	Delete all subfolders of [ dir name ] on FTP site.

When connected to a HTTP/HTTPS site, this command will only work with a DAV enabled web server. For further details on DAV enabled web server, see http://www.webdav.org/specs/rfc2518.html. When connected to a HTTP/HTTPS site, the FTPDELDIR command will delete non-empty directories.

This script command deletes an empty directory on an FTP site. This is an example of the FTPDELDIR command:

FTPDELDIR "olddirectory"

Consider the following example where all files and subfolders found in olddirectory are deleted on the FTP site.

FTPDELDIR "olddirectory" /delfiles /incldirs

Wildcard characters are not permitted with the FTPDELDIR command.

To delete a local folder, use the DELDIR script command.

Related Command(s): FTPCD, FTPDELETE, FTPMAKEDIR, FTPRENAME