Deleting file from FTP in C#

.net, c#, delete-file, ftp, webclient

Solution

You'll need to use the FtpWebRequest class to do that one, I think.

FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(serverUri);

//If you need to use network credentials
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(ftpUsername, ftpPassword); 
//additionally, if you want to use the current user's network credentials, just use:
//System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials

request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DeleteFile;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
Console.WriteLine("Delete status: {0}", response.StatusDescription);  
response.Close();

Problem

My program can upload files into an FTP server using this code: ``` WebClient client = new WebClient(); client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(ftpUsername, ftpPassword); client.BaseAddress = ftpServer; client.UploadFile(fileToUpload, WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile, fileName); ``` Right now I need to delete some files and I can't do that right. What should I use instead of ``` client.UploadFile(fileToUpload, WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile, fileName); ```

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