Delete(String) Method

Sends the "DELE" command to the server.

Syntax

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

Public Overloads Function Delete( _
   ByVal path As String _
) As Response

Dim instance As Ftp
Dim path As String
Dim value As Response
 
value = instance.Delete(path)

public Response Delete( 
   string path
)

public:
Response^ Delete( 
   String^ path
)

Parameters

path: Absolute or relative path to the file.

Return Value

Response

Exceptions

Exception	Description
FtpProtocolException	The command did not succeed.

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