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@NogDogJan 24.2006 — #If it's a UNIX/Linux server, there could be hidden files in it (filename starts with a "." character). Your web host provider may have configured FTP to not have access to such files, so you may either need to remotely log in to the server, use whatever file system tool is provided by your web host, or contact the web host admin to delete them for you. @NogDogJan 24.2006 — #Odds are that if they don't allow FTP access to hidden files, they probably don't allow remote logins either. But, you can try this from your cmd tool:
If it prompts you for a login, see if you can get in with your user name then the password when prompted. Most likely, it will return some sort of "unable to connect" error, though.@NogDogJan 24.2006 — #Another option to try: from the cmd tool again, do...
Login when prompted. Use the "cd directoryname" command to change to the directory in question. Then (after you're sure you're in the right directory), try:
This should, theoretically, delete all files in that directoy which begin with a ".".
Coppermine makes folders that I can’t remove!
Hi everybody. got a question for y’all.
I downloaded [URL=http://www.coppermine.sf.net/]coppermine
I moved the files around a bit, and the folders in which coppermine previously was (on the server) I can’t delete! Why? I tried different FTP software and it didn’t work. What do I do?
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@NogDogJan 24.2006 — #Odds are that if they don't allow FTP access to hidden files, they probably don't allow remote logins either. But, you can try this from your cmd tool:<i>
</i>telnet hostname.com
If it prompts you for a login, see if you can get in with your user name then the password when prompted. Most likely, it will return some sort of "unable to connect" error, though.
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@NogDogJan 24.2006 — #Another option to try: from the cmd tool again, do...<i>
</i>ftp yourdomain.com
Login when prompted. Use the "cd directoryname" command to change to the directory in question. Then (after you're sure you're in the right directory), try:
<i>
</i>dele .*
This should, theoretically, delete all files in that directoy which begin with a ".".