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What I need to do is ftp some files on a remote server, but before postong the file need to delete any existing file from the path on the remote dir.

I am using the mdelete command for the same as follows :

open server_name
user_id
password
prompt off
ascii
cd /test
mdelete *

IF the files exist on the test dir, this works fine, but if no files are present then I am getting the following message :

"ftp> mdelete *
Bad directory components
can't find list of remote files, oops"

Is there a way I can avoid getting this message... even if no files are deleted. Something like rm -f command.

-Thanks

As far as I know, you can't turn off this warning message that you get from mdelete. Instead, redirect the output to file and filter out them or don't display them.

Try mdelete ./*

mdelete ./* gives the same message. Guess, the warnings are unavoidable as mentioned by matrixmadhan.

-thanks guys