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Rabskatran
Rabskatran

Reputation: 2299

Is it possible to rename a FTP Folder using FTP commands?

Is this possible to rename a folder on a FTP Server using the FTP command ?

I know that there is a Rename command for file renaming, but can I use it for folder's name ?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 14256

Answers (5)

cn0047
cn0047

Reputation: 17061

Rename should work:

rename <dirname> <newdirname>

Upvotes: 2

Sanjay dev
Sanjay dev

Reputation: 435

i am using following code to copy all files and folder after the ftp login function

function ftp_sync ($dir) 
{ 
    global $conn_id; 

    if ($dir != ".") 
    { 
        if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, $dir) == false) 
        { 
            echo ("Change Dir Failed: $dir<BR>\r\n"); 
            return; 
        } 
        if (!(is_dir($dir))) 
            mkdir($dir); 
        chdir ($dir); 
    } 

    $contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, "."); 
    foreach ($contents as $file) 
    { 
        if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') 
            continue; 

        if (@ftp_chdir($conn_id, $file)) 
        { 
            ftp_chdir ($conn_id, ".."); 
            ftp_sync ($file); 
        } 
        else 
            ftp_get($conn_id, $file, $file, FTP_BINARY); 
    } 

    ftp_chdir ($conn_id, ".."); 
    chdir (".."); 
}

Upvotes: 1

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 9429

This probably depends on the FTP client you are using, and the FTP server you're connecting to. Can you specify them both?

Upvotes: 0

NPE
NPE

Reputation: 500227

AFAIK, the same commands (RNFR/RNTO) are used for renaming directories (folders) as are used for renaming files. Your issue may be that you do not have permissions to do what you're trying to do.

Upvotes: 7

Tim Barrass
Tim Barrass

Reputation: 4939

One way would be to create a temporary directory, move all files into it, drop the existing directory, create the directory you want and move all the files into the new directory. Finally, drop the temporary directory.

(Assuming that ftp rename doesn't work because the original folder isn't empty).

Upvotes: 0

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