How I Can Delet Unempty Folders

soleimanian

Nov 1 2004, 07:57 PM

hi everyone
i want to delete my folders via ftp program
but display an error:
you can't delete unempty folders
how i can delet unempty folders

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lhunath

Nov 1 2004, 10:47 PM

Delete all the files in it.
Delete the folder.

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soleimanian

Nov 2 2004, 04:01 PM

QUOTE (lhunath @ Nov 2 2004, 02:17 AM)

Delete all the files in it.
Delete the folder.

noch, it is so hard to delete a big folder whit many files and folders
i want delete folders and its subfolders and files just by a click

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deivid

Nov 2 2004, 04:06 PM

It happened to me too, some folders didn't have anything inside and still says "you can't delete unempty folders" so the solution I found, go to your Control panel / Site Managment Tools / File Manager, click in the folder and in the upper right submenu, click Delete this folder and all files under it , then go down and Trash to erase it for ever.

Greets Deivid

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Phend0

Nov 4 2004, 05:15 AM

Use ssh

rm -rf folder

r = recursive
f = force

Simple and easy

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pbolduc

Dec 22 2004, 09:31 AM

QUOTE (deivid @ Nov 2 2004, 09:06 AM)

It happened to me too, some folders didn't have anything inside and still says "you can't delete unempty folders" so the solution I found, go to your Control panel / Site Managment Tools / File Manager, click in the folder and in the upper right submenu, click Delete this folder and all files under it , then go down and Trash to erase it for ever.

Greets Deivid

Regarding not being able to delete an empty folder, it is most likely that there is a partial transfer in it. If the entire file did not transfer you won't get the little file icon to click to delete. You have to use cp as stated.

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cryptwizard

Dec 22 2004, 10:28 PM

QUOTE (Phend0 @ Nov 4 2004, 04:15 PM)

Use ssh

rm -rf folder

r = recursive
f = force

Simple and easy

I think that most of us hosted at astahost don't have SSH access.
I know that SSH really speeds web development as I had SSH access at SourceForge.
If your FTP client is good, it will automatically recruse through the sub-folders and delete the contents.
Such a client is FileZill (which I use).

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daniel15

Dec 25 2004, 01:15 PM

when you try and delete an unempty folder with FileZilla, it will recursively go through the folder, making a list of all the files. It then deletes all the files in one go, and then deletes the folders

another way to delete the folder would be to use www.net2ftp.com to connect to the FTP, and delete the folder through there. It's much quicker than waiting for FileZilla to scan the whole directory

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jipman

Dec 25 2004, 06:11 PM

Guys, everyone at astahost.com can ask to have SSH enabled on their accounts, just mail the helpdesk/support desk. They'll fix it, i got mine enabled after one hour after sending the mail.

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rapco

Dec 25 2004, 06:39 PM

If you're willing to use another ftp client (you didn't say what FTP client you use...)

i'ld recommend WS_FTP. You can conffure your client so it's allowed to delete unempty folders...

the:

QUOTE

Delete all the files in it.
Delete the folder.

it's a partial solution... and in some cases.... the harderst... useless (refereing to webpages that count with A LOT of folders and subfolders.. and subfolders.. an so on, la CMS.. for ex)...

So, what i'ld recommend is that you get a fine FTP client, read it's specification, and delete your folders in the easy intelligent way.

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