Re: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help

You aren't checking if rmdir succeeded or failed. The docs say: "Unless otherwise stated all methods return either a true or false value, with true meaning that the operation was a success. When a method states that it returns a value, failure will be returned as undef or an empty list."

How can you be sure that it's being terminated early by the next command?

Honestly, you haven't provided enough context for us to offer useful advice.

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Re^2: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help by Todd Chester (Scribe) on Feb 02, 2017 at 06:05 UTC
Problem is that the command instantly terminates and does not wait for the deletion with recurse to complete. The deletions can take up to five minutes to complete. What I am doing now is opening a second connection and looping until the directory disappears. Seems there should be a better way	[reply]
Re^3: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help by soonix (Canon) on Feb 02, 2017 at 11:44 UTC
Quoting Mr.Muskrat: You aren't checking if rmdir succeeded or failed. So, instead of `$ftp->rmdir ( "${Ordered_List[$Index]}", 1 );` [download] you should do something like `if ($ftp->rmdir ( "${Ordered_List[$Index]}", 1 )) { say "rmdir succeeded"; } else { say "rmdir failed"; }` [download] Aside from permission problems, a recursive rmdir could fail if e.g. deleting the contents takes too long.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help by Anonymous Monk on Feb 02, 2017 at 18:38 UTC
I like the if sequence. Thank you! I had been using the returned message, but there was nothing helpful in it. I will have some time on Friday to work on this again, I will get back Additional info: I have noticed that once a recursive rmdir has failed, Net::FTP can never deleted the director, no matter how many times I try. (bash works)	[reply]
Re^4: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help by Todd Chester (Scribe) on Feb 04, 2017 at 08:13 UTC
I used the "if". Conclusion: "rmdir recurse" is intermittent. Rats. The code just got a lot more complicated	[reply]
Re^3: Need Net::FTP rmdir time out help by salva (Canon) on Feb 02, 2017 at 07:40 UTC
Can't you use the first connection for that instead of creating a new one?	[reply]


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