Description

Deletes the file(s) specified from the FTP server. To specify more than one file use wildcards ( e.g. * or ? ). To specify multiple files or wildcard masks, separate them with a vertical bar. Example: /*.txt|*.bak.

Declaration

<AMFTPDELETE SOURCE="text" EXCLUDE="text" SUBFOLDERS="yes/no" SESSION="text">

Example

<AMFTPDELETE SOURCE="File_Name" />

General Tab Parameters

Remote file(s): Specifies the file(s) to download. This can be a fully qualified UNIX style path and filename (preferred) or a single file (requires use of the FTP Change Folder action). Wildcards ( e.g. *.* or ? ) may be used to download files matching a certain mask. Multiple file and/or file masks may be specified by separating the entries with the | symbol. Click the Expression Builder icon to build and insert an expression.

Text, Required
MARKUP:
a) SOURCE="/sourcefoldername/file.txt"
b) SOURCE="/sourcefoldername/*.txt"
c) SOURCE="/sourcefoldername/*.txt|/sourcefoldername/*.doc"
c) SOURCE="file.txt"

Session name: Specifies the session (created in a previous FTP Log On action) that should be used to perform the deletion. This allows for multiple simultaneous FTP transfers to take place.

Text, Optional default="default"
MARKUP: SESSION="SeverB"

Options Tab Parameters

Include subfolders: When set to YES (selected), specifies that, if present, subfolders should be searched for files matching the mask specified in the "Source" [SOURCE] parameter.

Yes/No, Optional default - NO
MARKUP: SUBFOLDERS="YES"

Exclude mask: Prevents the action from deleting any files matching the mask(s) specified. Filenames or wildcard ( e.g. * or ? ) masks may be used, multiple entries may be specified by separating them with the | symbol (e.g. *.txt|*.bak)

Text, Optional default - (blank)
MARKUP: EXCLUDE="*.txt"

See Also

FTP Log On, FTP Upload, FTP Download, FTP Delete, FTP Rename, FTP Create Folder, FTP Remove Folder, FTP Change Folder, HTTP Post