Delete file by filename on FTP with Java

Question

Is it possible to delete file by filename, without the extension. I'm using FTPClient to connect to my FTP server and work great. I can upload files only in 3 formats (.png, .jpg, .gif). In fact i could delete the file only if i specify the extension like that and work:

ftp.deleteFile("/"+productID+setFileName+".png");

But i want to delete the file no matter what is the extension of the file, only by file name. Thanks

Possible duplicate of [how to delete file from ftp server using java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6790783/how-to-delete-file-from-ftp-server-using-java) — Kuldeep Singh, Mar 17 '17 at 15:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 17 '17 at 16:13

How about the startsWith() function?

org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient ftpClient=new FTPClient();  //instantiate the FTPClient
FTPFile[] ftpFiles=ftpClient.listFiles();//get the list of files in the root directory of the FTP server
for(FTPFile tempFtpFile:ftpFiles)
{
  //go through the list of files and delete those that start with your required prefix
  String tempFtpFileName=tempFtpFile.getName();
  if(tempFtpFileName.startsWith(productID+setFileName))
   ftpClient.deleteFile(tempFtpFile.getName());
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '17 at 16:02

0

It depends if your ftp client has implemented the ftp command mdelete.

AFAIK mdelete accepts wildcard. Or if your server accepts wildcard when execute deletion commands.

Had you tried to execute:

ftp.deleteFile("/"+productID+setFileName+".*");

answered Mar 17 '17 at 16:02

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