Remove file in ftp

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Related Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Active 1 year, 6 months ago. Viewed k times. However if I try to delete every single file this works: DEL file. Improve this question.

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Canute Bigler Canute Bigler 4 4 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges. Thanks, it works fine!!! I've not tested it, but you might try putting the mdel command and possibly the "yes" response that mdel wants inside a text file and then using the -s option to load the ftp commands from the file.

Thanks but where should I put the yes response? Show 2 more comments. Monica 6, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 34 34 bronze badges.

Alan Alan 31 1 1 bronze badge. With Windows 7: The existing answer will work only partially. Quickly deleting lots of files using FTP? Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 10 months ago. Active 5 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 54k times. Improve this question. Anyone who has to maintain a Magento e-commerce website can testify to this. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The options I can think of are as follows: Use the ncftp program.

This is another FTP program with additional options. However, I think it just works on the command line and doesn't have a GUI. Write a PHP or other script to do the deletion for you. Improve this answer. Ewan Heming Ewan Heming 2, 14 14 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. The -r option is a recursive delete. It still wouldn't have the ability to delete subdirectories recursively in a single command and would at most do what FileZilla does.

You might be able to execute a command through FileZilla, depending on your login. I should have thought of this before. Click to select the address bar. Press Enter. Find and delete quickly.