wwwben — Tue, 31 May 2005 05:09:32 +0000

Yeah I would give Smart FTP a shot it is by far the best FTP program I have ever used. If that does not work you might try contacting your host and see what they say!

dhotchin — Mon, 30 May 2005 18:35:35 +0000

The folder will have transfer the same permissions as what is on your computer. For example if there is a hidden folder it will copy that. But, when the folder is on the server you will not be able to view it. Which means, you can delete what you cant see...

cpellizzi — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:56 +0000

I have had the same problem. You just need to log in to the server via ssh or telnet and do an "rm -r foldername". However, I normally recieve an error when the directory is not empty. I use Seagull FTP.

mairving — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:47:21 +0000

It's more of a unix thing than a FTP one. The ftp command used to delete a directory is rmdir. rmdir doesn't work if the directory contains any files, even . files. To delete a non-empty folder in unix, you need to use the rm command with the -R option (recursive). A couple of options if your ftp program doesn't allow this. One if you have SSH access, go in a do a rm -R foldername. Another option is to move the folder to your hard drive and delete it there. Still another option is to go into the folder and delete the files, then delete the folder.

You can also change programs as suggested. WinSCP also allows deletion of non-empty folders.

timjpriebe — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:12:25 +0000

Because many FTP programs won't delete a folder if anything is in there, I eventually switched over to SmartFTP. It will delete everything in the directory for you. I'm sure many FTP programs will do that now, but that's the one I personally use.

http://www.smartftp.com/

Busy — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:58:46 +0000

first make sure the folder is empty, think it's -la you type in there somewhere (sorry been a while since I used cuteftp) as you may have a hidden file in there, .htaccess etc