DeleteFiles Method

Deletes a group of files from the SFTP server.

Syntax

sftpclient.deleteFiles(remotePath, mask, caseSensitive, recursive, [callback])

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for this method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

Use this method to delete a group of files from the SFTP server. Specify the files to be deleted via RemotePath and Mask parameters. Use CaseSensitive and Recursive parameters to tune up the operation.

This method is a more efficient way to delete a group of files than deleting them one by one.