Delete a file/directory.

Delete a file/directory.

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")
})