bionic (1) wdel.1.gz

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NAME
       wdel - A wget-like program for deleting files on ftp servers


SYNOPSIS
       wdel [option]... [URL [file]...]...


DESCRIPTION
       Wdel is a free utility that is able to delete files on an ftp server.

       Wdel  is non-interactive and background-capable. It can delete files or whole directories and is meant to
       be a robust client even for unstable connections and will therefore  retry  to  delete  a  file,  if  the
       connection broke.

       Wdel  supports  connections through proxies, allowing you to use it in an environment that can access the
       internet only via a proxy or to  provide  anonymity  by  hiding  your  ip-address  to  the  server.   For
       SOCKSv5-proxies  Wdel  supports  also  listening  mode, allowing you to use port-mode ftp through a proxy
       (useful if the remote ftp is behind a firewall or a gateway).


URL-Input-Handling
       URLs are recognized by the ftp://-prefix.

       Wdel first reads the URLs from the command line, and associates every file with the last URL until a  new
       URL is found (note that this is different from wput). Then, it reads the --input-file (if any) and parses
       the URLs in the same way.  So you can specify e.g. one URL and read all filenames from a file.

       If there are no explicit filenames given for a singe URL, then the last part of the URL is  taken  to  be
       the  file/directory to be deleted. If there are filenames, then the last part of the URL is considered to
       be the directory where these files reside in. Slashes at the end of the URL or the filename (in  case  it
       is a directory to be deleted) are ignored.


OPTIONS
       There  are  no  special  options introduced by Wdel. All of Wput’s options may be supplied, although some
       will not be of any effect because they do not apply for the process of deleting files. Please see wput(1)
       for a description of the options.


SEE ALSO
       Many options can be set in a wputrc file. For its documentation consult the sample file provided by Wput.

       wput(1) describes all setable options. Not all apply for wdel too though.


AUTHOR
       Wdel is written by Hagen Fritsch <fritsch+wdel-man@in.tum.de> and Jan Larres <jan@majutsushi.net>