Unable to delete files from a remote directory with SFTP?

[samiarja]

I am retrieving the machine details from a JSON file like that, following deserialization:

string host2 = currentList[1].IPaddress;
string username2 = currentList[1].username;
string password2 = currentList[1].password;
string remoteDirectory2 = currentList[1].sourcefolder;
string localDirectory2 = currentList[1].destfolder;
string filextension2 = currentList[1].filextension;
string removedownloaded2 = currentList[1].removedownloaded.ToString();


This is my json string structure.

{
"Record": 2,
"IPaddress": "192.168.6.247",
"Machinename": "taurus",
"username": "root",
"password": "root",
"sourcefolder": "/home/root/bin",
"destfolder": "D:/DataProfiler_Nautitech/Files",
"filextension": ".sh",
"removedownloaded": 1
}

The target is like below:

1. Connect to SFTP server.

2. Download files to local server.

3. If removedownloaded == 1, delete those files.

4. If removedownloaded == 0, keep those files.

I have tried below method

if (removedownloaded2 == "1")
{
//First method
sftp2.Delete(path);
//Second method
sftp2.DeleteDirectory(path);
//Third method
sftp2.DeleteFile(path);
}

but none of these deleted any files.

This is the full code: (failed!)

using (SftpClient sftp2 = new SftpClient(host2, username2, password2))
{
try
{
sftp2.Connect();
Console.WriteLine("Machine 2 - Connected");
var files = sftp2.ListDirectory(remoteDirectory2);

foreach (var file in files)
{
try
{
string remoteFileName = file.Name;
if ((file.Name.EndsWith(filextension2)))
{
using (Stream file1 = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(localDirectory2, remoteFileName)))
{

string path = remoteDirectory2 + "/" + remoteFileName;
sftp2.DownloadFile(path, file1);

if (removedownloaded2 == "1")
{
sftp2.Delete(path);
}
}
}

}
catch (Exception er1)
{
//MessageBox.Show("An exception has been caught " + er1.ToString());
}

}
}
catch (Exception entry)
{
MessageBox.Show(entry.Message);
}
//finally
//{
// sftp2.Disconnect();
//}
}

Any thoughts on how to delete files after downloading them? Thanks in advance for any help.

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