FTPDELETE        Delete a file on an FTP site

This script command deletes the specified file or files on the FTP site. This is an example of the FTPDELETE command:

FTPDELETE "file name"

Wildcard file names are permitted with the FTPDELETE command except when connected to a HTTP/HTTPS site. For example, the following command deletes all files with an extension of .html from an FTP site directory named mysite.

FTPDELETE "mysite/*.html"

To delete a local file, use the DELETE script command.

Important

In SSH mode, FTPDELETE returns a success status if the file does not exist on the server. In other modes, FTPDELETE returns an error indicating that the file cannot be deleted.

Related Command(s): FTPCMD, FTPRENAME