Re: Remove directory syntax.

On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:41:33PM +0100, Steve Cookson wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I am struggling with the remove directory syntax on Canon (both 350D and
> 450d) when it worked fine on Nikon D5000.
> 
> Here's what I tried:
> 
> gphoto2 -rR=100CANON -f=/store_00020001/DCIM/
> 
> *** Error (-107: 'Directory not found') ***
> 
> gphoto2 -R -r=100CANON -f=/store_00020001/DCIM/
> 
> *** Error ***
> PTP General Error
> *** Error (-1: 'Unspecified error') ***
> 
> gphoto2 -r=100CANON -f=/store_00020001/DCIM/
> 
> 
> *** Error ***
> PTP General Error
> *** Error (-1: 'Unspecified error') ***
> 
> gphoto2 --rmdir=100CANON --folder=/store_00020001/DCIM/
> 
> 
> *** Error ***
> PTP General Error
> *** Error (-1: 'Unspecified error') ***
> 
> /usr/bin/gphoto2 --rmdir='/store_00020001/DCIM/100CANON'
> 
> 
> *** Error ***
> PTP General Error
> *** Error (-1: 'Unspecified error') ***
> 
> gphoto2 --auto-detect
> Model Port
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Canon EOS 450D (PTP mode)      usb:001,014
> 
> Any ideas?

As for syntax, use e.g.:

	gphoto2 -f /store_00010001/DCIM --rmdir 897_FUJI

EOS M100:

$ gphoto2 -L
There is no file in folder '/'.                                                
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/896___01'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/897_FUJI'.
$ gphoto2 -f /store_00010001/DCIM --rmdir 897_FUJI
$ gphoto2 -L
There is no file in folder '/'.                                                
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM'.
There is no file in folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/896___01'.
$

Then on my EOS 750D

$ gphoto2 -f /store_00020001/DCIM --rmdir 896___01  
                                                                               
*** Error ***              
PTP Partial Deletion
$

So I would say that directory deletion is not really the primary welltested
functionality of the cameras, it might work or not.

Ciao, Marcus