DeleteDirectory Method

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

Public Function DeleteDirectory( _
   ByVal rootDirectory As String _
) As List(Of Response)

Dim instance As Ftp
Dim rootDirectory As String
Dim value As List(Of Response)
 
value = instance.DeleteDirectory(rootDirectory)

public List<Response> DeleteDirectory( 
   string rootDirectory
)

public:
List<Response^>^ DeleteDirectory( 
   String^ rootDirectory
)

Parameters

rootDirectory: The absolute or relative path of the directory to remove.

Return Value

A List of Response objects representing the files and directories that were acted upon.

In the event of a failure an FtpProtocolException will be thrown that will contain the list of Response objects. The failed response will have code whose value is greater than 400. If you receive a '500 Directory not empty' error it could be an indication that the directory contains hidden files.

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

C#

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