Delete a file locally after sending to ftp

**KADRI** · 29-10-2009

I'd like to delete a file locally on my machine after having transmitted to a server via ftp? For now I do it in ftp command:

The bat file that I run contains:

Code:

ftp -v -i -n -s:c:\windows\system32\foo\sndscript.txt
del /s c:\windows\system32\foo\sndscript.txt

then a file sndscript.txt in the same root contains:

Code:

open ftpme.foo.com
user foo
XXXXXXXX
bin
quote pasv
put c:\foo.jpg
""It was there that I'd like to delete c:\foo.jpg?""
bye

File upload works very well also

**Aleksandra** · 29-10-2009

I do not think that this command exists in FTP. FTP is not really a programming language, so I think that IF "ftp succeeded" then that would be better. So I think you should move that outside of the FTP, put it in the .bat file as well (with a little more logic)

**Kirt** · 29-10-2009

Normally the command "DELE" should work.

Command: DELETE (DELE)
Description: This command causes the file specified in the pathname to be deleted at the server site. If an extra level of protection is desired (such as the query, "Do you really wish to delete?"), it should be provided by the user-FTP process.

**Connect_Me** · 29-10-2009

Normally, using the ftp utility, adding an exclamation character "!" before the command makes them act locally.

For example:

dir (or ls): list the contents of remote directory
!dir (or ls): list the contents of current directory.