This is an example of how to delete a File from an FTP Server. We are using the org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient Class that encapsulates all the functionality necessary to store and retrieve files from an FTP server. Deleting a File from an FTP Server implies that you should:
- Create a new
FTPClient. - Use
connect()API method to open a connection to the FTP Server. - Use the
login(String username, String password)API method to login to the FTP server using the provided username and password. - Use
deleteFile(String pathname)method to delete a file on the FTP server. It returns true if the file exists and false otherwise. - Use
logout()method to logout of the FTP server by sending the QUIT command anddisconnect()method to close the connection to the FTP server.
Let’s take a look at the code snippet that follows:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient;
import java.io.IOException;
public class DeleteFileFtp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
FTPClient client = new FTPClient();
try {
client.connect("ftp.javacodegeeks.com");
client.login("username", "password");
// Set a string with the file you want to delete
String filename = "/coomons/footer.jsp";
// Delete file
boolean exist = client.deleteFile(filename);
// Notify user for deletion
if (exist) {
System.out.println("File '"+ filename + "' deleted...");
}
// Notify user that file doesn't exist
else
System.out.println("File '"+ filename + "' doesn't exist...");
client.logout();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
client.disconnect();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
Output:
File '/coomons/footer.jsp' deleted...
This was an example of how to delete a File from an FTP Server in Java.
