Deleting FTP Directory

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Posted on by laila2021

I don't see any useful info here and not many question in regards of the issue.

So here is my flow:

Open secure FTP connection.
List FTP directory (I have defined the exact folder, I want to read all the subfolders in this main folder. This is okay, no issue. I have named the instances as %DirectoryA%. %DirectoryA%'s address follows the directory I defined earlier, which is: /Main folder/Folder A/<whatever subfolder added in here>)
Download folder(s) from FTP. For Folder(s) to download, I use %DirectoryA%. This works.

After step 3, I want to delete all subfolders in %DirectoryA% but I don't see a clear way to do this.

In the step Delete FTP directory, there are only 2 parameters needed, which is FTP connection and Directory to delete.

I need to be able to delete only the subfolders in Folder A which could be named anything. If i put in /Main folder/Folder A/%DirectoryA%, it will produce error as it would mean that the address is /Main folder/Folder A/Main folder/Folder A/DirectoryA and so on.

Is there a way I can convert %DirectoryA% to text, store it somewhere, and put is as Directory to delete?

Or am I complicating something that is actually simple?

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laila2021 52 on at

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I have to laugh at myself for this. I have been looking at this in a complicated way when the answer is right in front of me.

So if you have the same issue as me, here is how to delete the subfolders.

The flow is the same as I described above but when you want to Delete the subfolders without deleting the main folder, you can use the variables created when you List FTP directory. I name the variable as %directoryA% as described above.

To delete the folders, start with"

For each CurrentItem in %DirectoryA%
Delete FTP directory and use the %CurrentItem% variable as the Directory to delete.
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I hope this helps anyone who's looking to delete subfolders in FTP.

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chalx 3 on at

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You helped me so much! Thanks

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