Delete recursive directories with FTP command on Bash

Question

I have a problem with my infrastructure here.

I am in a closed DMZ and have to access a FTP-Server in another DMZ from a headless Suse Linux 10.1.

So i think i only got the ftp command.. But i have to delete a directory with about 100 subdirectorys and endless files in it..

When I type

del directory

it returns "Its not empty" and so i have to delete each sub directory and file manually.

Oh please tell me a way how i can do this automatically :)

Answer 1

Use lftp. The the -r option to lftp rm recursively deletes directories and files.

$ lftp -u <user>,<pass> <server> 
lftp> rm -r <directory>

should do the trick.

Answer 2

The lftp command, which is available in many distros (though I'm no SUSE expert), supports "rm -r" for exactly that purpose.

Answer 3

rm -rf?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rm_(Unix)