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Delete ALL remote files within subdirectories

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Hi,
How can I delete remote files from the ftp server after downloading them? I have 50 directories and within each directory there are 2 subdirectories in which the files that I need (to download then delete) exist. Here is what I have thus far...
FTP Script
  1. # Connect to FTP server
  2. OPENHOST("myftpsite.com","xx","xxxxx")
  3.  
  4. # Go to D:\mylocaldirectory
  5. LOCALCHDIR("D:\mylocaldirectory")
  6.  
  7. # Get all the files in the FTP server
  8. GETFILE("*.*",SUBDIRS)
  9.  
  10. #Change Remote Directory
  11. CHDIR("/")
  12.  
  13. # Delete all files after download
  14. DELETEFILE("*.*")
  15.  
  16. # Transfer finished, close the connection
  18.  
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So my question is; how do I add the "SUBDIRS" command to the "DELETEFILE" command? Is this possible? When I run the script above it downloads all files appropriately; however when it gets to the "DELETEFILE" command, it returns the following...
DELETEFILE("*.*")
No remote file matches the wildcard
If I add the "SUBDIRS" command I get the following error...
Running D:\Program Files\ScriptFTP\templates\download.ftp
***** Script error on line 20, column 17: ")" expected
DELETEFILE("*.*",SUBDIRS)
^
The DELETEFILE command does not accept SUBDIRS. If you want to remove a
complete directory tree try RMDIR instead.

I suggest you to check the result of GETFILE before deleting the remote files. Something like:
FTP Script
  1. $result=GETFILE("*.*",SUBDIRS)
  2.  
  3. IF($result=="OK")
  4.     RMDIR("/")
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If you have always two levels of subdirectories I think you can even try something like the example download_and_delete.ftp (http://www.scriptftp.com/examples.php?go=download_and_delete.ftp) of the script samples. The script will be a bit more complex but is also more powerful because it download, checks and deletes each file separately, not the complete directory tree.
Thanks, but I don't need to delete the actual directory or folder only the files within the folders (doesn't RMDIR remove the entire directory or folder)?

If SUBDIRS works with DELETEFILE, how do I do it? The error below is always generated when using SUBDIRS with DELETEFILE. Am I using improper syntax? I tried the following code
FTP Script
  1. DELETEFILE("*.*",SUBDIRS)
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But I always get the following error
Running D:\Program Files\ScriptFTP\templates\download.ftp
***** Script error on line 20, column 17: ")" expected

DELETEFILE("*.*",SUBDIRS)
^
THANKS! :D
<me> The DELETEFILE command does accept SUBDIRS.
Oh, sorry. I typed it wrong. The DELETEFILE does not accept SUBDIRS.

<you> I don't need to delete the actual directory or folder only the files within the folders
Ok, I think I got it. I've written a script and pasted below. Please let me know if it is what you want:
FTP Script
  1. # Remote directory where the 50 subdirectories are located
  2. $remote_directory="/"
  3.  
  4. # Local directory where the files are downloaded
  5. $local_directory="D:\test"
  6.  
  7.  
  8. # Connect to server, put your own settings here
  9. $result=OPENHOST("127.0.0.1","carl","123456")
  10.  
  11. # If connection failed stop
  12. IF($result!="OK")
  13.     STOP
  15.  
  16.  
  17. # Change the current local directory.
  18. $result=LOCALCHDIR($local_directory)
  19.  
  20. # If LOCALCHDIR failed stop the script
  21. IF($result!="OK")
  22.     STOP
  24.  
  25. # Change the current remote directory.
  26. $result=CHDIR($remote_directory)
  27.  
  28. # If CHDIR failed stop the script
  29. IF($result!="OK")
  30.     STOP
  32.  
  33. # Once reached this point we are connected and ready
  34. # to browse the remote 50 directories with 2 subdirectories
  35. # in each one and a bunch of files in them ready for download.
  36.  
  37.  
  38. # Get the remote directory listing
  39. # it should retrieve 50 items.
  40. $result=GETLIST($list,REMOTE_DIRECTORIES)
  41.  
  42. # If GETLIST failed stop the script
  43. IF($result!="OK")
  44.     STOP
  46.  
  47. # For each directory in $list...
  48. FOREACH $directory IN $list
  49.     # Change current remote directory to that
  50.     # subdirectory
  51.     CHDIR($directory)
  52.  
  53.     # Create a local directory with the same name
  54.     # and change current local directory to it.
  55.     # LOCALMKDIR may fail because it already exists
  56.     LOCALMKDIR($directory)
  57.     LOCALCHDIR($directory)
  58.  
  59.     # Get the subdirectory listing. It should get
  60.     # two items
  61.     GETLIST($list2,REMOTE_DIRECTORIES)
  62.  
  63.     FOREACH $subdirectory IN $list2
  64.        # Change current remote directory to that
  65.        # subdirectory
  66.        CHDIR($subdirectory)
  67.  
  68.        # Create the local subdirectory with the same name
  69.        # and change current local directory to it.
  70.        # LOCALMKDIR may fail because it already exists
  71.        LOCALMKDIR($subdirectory)
  72.        LOCALCHDIR($subdirectory)
  73.  
  74.        # Get the file listing
  75.        GETLIST($list3,REMOTE_FILES)
  76.    
  77.        FOREACH $file IN $list3
  78.            # Download the file
  79.            $result=GETFILE($file)  
  80.  
  81.            # If the file has been succesfully downloaded
  82.            # delete the remote copy. If not stop the script.
  83.            IF($result=="OK")
  84.                DELETEFILE($file)
  85.            ELSE
  86.                STOP
  87.            END IF
  88.        END FOREACH
  89.  
  90.        # Return to parent directory
  91.        CHDIR("..")
  92.        LOCALCHDIR("..")
  93.     END FOREACH
  94.  
  95.  
  96.  
  97.     # Return to parent directory
  98.     CHDIR("..")
  99.     LOCALCHDIR("..")
  101.  
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PERFECT!
I remarked out the create directory bit (the local directories always remain in-tact) - and it has been running for days without fail.
THANK YOU!!!
:D
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