Delete(List<ListEntry>) Method

Delete the specified files and directories using a single method.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
C++/CLI

Public Overloads Function Delete( _
   ByVal listing As List(Of ListEntry) _
) As List(Of Response)

Dim instance As Ftp
Dim listing As List(Of ListEntry)
Dim value As List(Of Response)
 
value = instance.Delete(listing)

public List<Response> Delete( 
   List<ListEntry> listing
)

public:
List<Response^>^ Delete( 
   List<ListEntry^>^ listing
)

Parameters

listing: A file Listing that includes files and directories to delete.

Return Value

A List of Response objects.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
FtpProtocolException	At least one command did not succeed. Details are included in the exception thrown.

Remarks

Any specified directories that are not empty (after the specified files are removed) will not be deleted by the server.

Use DeleteDirectory for deleting a directory tree.

First all files, then all directories are removed, starting at the end of the list.

Example

This example demonstrates using the FTP control to delete files and subdirectories.

private void deleteFiles()
{
    //Delete a list of files (in this case, the txt files).
    ftp1.Delete(ftp1.ListDirectoryTree("MyTextFiles", "*.txt", false));

    //Delete a specific file.
    ftp1.Delete("MyTextFiles/test.dat");

    //Delete the directory, even when it is not empty.
    ftp1.DeleteDirectory("MyTextFiles");
}

Visual Basic

Private Sub deleteFiles()
    'Delete a list of files (in this case, the txt files).
    ftp1.Delete(ftp1.ListDirectoryTree("MyTextFiles", "*.txt", False))

    'Delete a specific file.
    ftp1.Delete("MyTextFiles/test.dat")

    'Delete the directory, even when it is not empty.
    ftp1.DeleteDirectory("MyTextFiles")
End Sub

Reference

Ftp Class
Ftp Members
Overload List