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Fake4d
Asked: 2011-01-12 23:28:49 +0800 CST

Delete recursive directories with FTP command on Bash

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I have a problem with my infrastructure here.

I am in a closed DMZ and have to access a FTP-Server in another DMZ from a headless Suse Linux 10.1.

So i think i only got the ftp command.. But i have to delete a directory with about 100 subdirectorys and endless files in it..

When I type

del directory

it returns "Its not empty" and so i have to delete each sub directory and file manually.

Oh please tell me a way how i can do this automatically :)

linux ftp bash

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use lftp. The the -r option to lftp rm recursively deletes directories and files.

    $ lftp -u <user>,<pass> <server> 
lftp> rm -r <directory>

    should do the trick.

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  2. The lftp command, which is available in many distros (though I'm no SUSE expert), supports "rm -r" for exactly that purpose.

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