Ftp:removefile(path)


Removes the specified file from the FTP server.

This operation is done by a Task asynchronously (other Tasks will be executed concurrently without blocking execution flow)

Parameters

path

A string that contains the name of the directory to be removed. This can be either a fully qualified path or a name relative to the current FTP directory.

Return value


This method return a Task instance. Once the Task has finished, it will return a boolean value indicating if the operation was successful.

Example

local net = require "net" -- connect to the FTP server local url = "your ftp server" local client = net.Ftp(url, "username", "password") -- remove file "/test.txt" if await(client:removefile("/test.txt")) then print("Successfully removed FTP file '/test.txt'") else error(net.error) end