1  DELETE
   Deletes either UNIX or OpenVMS remote files. To use this command,
   you must have an FTP session with a remote host.

                                  NOTE

      Use caution with the mdelete command. The FTP command
      DIRECTORY does not list hidden files (files that start
      with a period). Using the mdelete command with any wildcard
      deletes hidden files, which you might need.

   DCL Format

     DELETE  remote_files

     DELETE/DIRECTORY  remote_directory

   UNIX Format

     delete  remote_file

     mdelete  remote_files

     rmdir  remote_directory
 

2  Parameters
 

remote_file

   Required.

   File, files, or directory to delete.
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/DIRECTORY

   Optional. The /DIRECTORY qualifier must follow immediately after
   the DELETE command without a preceding space.

   Deletes an empty directory. To delete a directory that is not
   empty, you must first delete the contents of the directory.
 

2  Examples

   1.FTP> DELETE [MAIN.BRANCH]*.*;*
     250 DELE of [MAIN.BRANCH]*.*;* successful.

     Deletes all files in the remote OpenVMS directory
     [MAIN.BRANCH].

   2.FTP> DELETE/DIRECTORY BRANCH.DIR;1
     250 RMD command successful.

     Deletes the directory [MAIN.BRANCH].

   3.FTP> DELETE "/users/venture/carton"
     250 DELE command successful.

     Deletes UNIX file with path name /users/venture/carton.

   4.FTP> mdelete /bids/west/january97/c*
     250 DELE command successful.
     250 DELE command successful.
     250 DELE command successful.

     Deletes three UNIX files starting with the letter "c" from
     directory /bids/west/january97. Note that the messages
     generated depend on the server. For example, for an OpenVMS
     server, messages would specify the names of the files deleted.