rmdir

Use rmdir to permanently delete a directory on the FTP server.

Syntax

rmdir directory

Views

FTP client view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

mdc-admin

Parameters

directory: Specifies the name of a directory on the remote FTP server.

Usage guidelines

You can perform this operation only after you log in to the FTP server.

To perform this operation, you must have delete permission on the FTP server.

Delete all files and subdirectories in a directory before you delete the directory. For more information about how to delete files, see the delete command.

Executing the rmdir command also deletes the files in the recycle bin of the specified directory.

Examples

# Delete the empty directory subdir1.

ftp>rmdir subdir1
200 Directory subdir1 removed

Related commands

delete