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Why does FileZilla descend into a directory when deleting?

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Mar 15, 20262663 views
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Why does FileZilla itterrate through each file in a folder and delete each one instead of just deleting the folder? I know this sounds like a simple question, and it probably has the simple answer that FTP doesn't delete folders, but I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on this issu…

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You've answered your own question - there's no concept in ftp of 'removing a directory and everything below it' with one command. Most FTP clients therefore iterate through every file one at a time, and then remove the parent directory.

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