adls_delete: Delete a file/directory.

In ijlyttle/AzureDatalakeStore: REST API Client for Microsoft Azure Data Lake Store

Description

Delete a file/directory.

Usage

adls_delete(adls, path = NULL, recursive = FALSE)

Arguments

adls	adls S3 object, generated using adls().
path	character, remote path, defined with respect to root-path in adls$base_url. You may find file.path() to be useful to compose the path.
recursive	logical, indicates if operation will act on content in subdirectories

Value

A logical indicating the success of the operation.

See Also

WebHDFS documentation for "Delete a File/Directory"

Examples

## Not run: 
  library("AzureOAuth")

  # create token (assumes Azure native app)
  token <- oauth_token_azure(
    tenant_id = "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
    application_id = "ffffffff-gggg-hhhh-iiii-jjjjjjjjjjjj",
    name = "foo"
  )

  # create adls object with base-URL and token
  adls_example <- adls(
    base_url = adls_url("bar"),
    token = token
  )

  # create a directory
  adls_mkdirs(adls_example, "baz")

  # delete the newly-created directory
  adls_delete(adls_example, "baz")

## End(Not run)

ijlyttle/AzureDatalakeStore documentation built on May 5, 2019, 5:56 p.m.