Couple of FTP questions

Hi

I'm integrating a ftp uploader into a Flash Air project.

It's working well, apart from the fact that I cannot delete more than one file at a time on the server.

I can successfuly delete a file if I specifically name it, but can't make flash delete everything in a given folder...

s.writeUTFBytes("DELE "+remoteFolderStr+"/menu/contact.php\n");

... successfully deletes contact.php, but (and this is after I've added a test file back into the 'menu' dir)...

s.writeUTFBytes("DELE "+remoteFolderStr+"/menu/*.*\n");

...gives me a 550 error...

550 Could not delete public_html/menu/*.*: No such file or directory

I thought the *.* meant 'everything'. If not, is there a way to do it?


The second questions relates to the different ftp server systems that are out there. Is it correct that there are different sets of return codes? I understand that you can prompt the server to see what system it is using, but I was wondering if there is a list somewhere of a) what systems are available, and b) their return codes?

Thanks for your time and help.

Shaun

The commands and return codes that are available on FTP servers are mostly standardized, although some FTP servers do offer custom commands or return codes that are not. Here's a list of standard return codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...er_return_codes

To the best of my knowledge, standard FTP does not include a wildcard or a recursive delete. You need to delete files and directories one by one. Also note that in almost all cases the FTP server will not allow you to delete a directory that is not empty.

*.* never really means everything; within the context of most operating system shells it means any file that has text, a dot and then more text. In a lot of cases that essentially means all files, but it's certainly possible to have a file without a dot or without text on one side of the dot, and *.* would not match those files. It's sort of besides the point though, since FTP doesn't support it anyway.

Try the mdelete command?

Thanks guys

That return codes list is certain helping out.

Much appreciated.

Shaun