How to delete .pureftpd-upload files
One of the issues I routinely encounter when updating many of my WordPress site’s is Transmit’s failure to delete .pureftpd-upload files. These are zero byte, hidden files with permissions that prevent you from deleting them via your FTP client. The consensus seems to be that these files are left when an FTP client gets interrupted during upload. Since I use Transmit exclusively, my first assumption was these files were Transmit specific. Upon further investigation, it appears many other FTP clients suffer from creating these little monsters as well.
The only solution I have found to remove them is to use CPanel’s File Manager to navigate to where these files reside, and delete them. This can become quite the pain in the ass if you have several of these buggers floating about in your site.
Category: Web Development
