DataLakePathClient.DeleteIfExistsAsync Method
Definition
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The DeleteIfExistsAsync(Nullable<Boolean>, DataLakeRequestConditions, CancellationToken) operation marks the specified path deletion, if the path exists. The path is later deleted during garbage collection which could take several minutes.
For more information, see Delete Path.
public virtual System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Response<bool>> DeleteIfExistsAsync (bool? recursive = default, Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake.Models.DataLakeRequestConditions conditions = default, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);abstract member DeleteIfExistsAsync : Nullable<bool> * Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake.Models.DataLakeRequestConditions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Response<bool>>
override this.DeleteIfExistsAsync : Nullable<bool> * Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake.Models.DataLakeRequestConditions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Response<bool>>Public Overridable Function DeleteIfExistsAsync (Optional recursive As Nullable(Of Boolean) = Nothing, Optional conditions As DataLakeRequestConditions = Nothing, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As Task(Of Response(Of Boolean))Parameters
Required and valid only when the resource is a directory. If "true", all paths beneath the directory will be deleted. If "false" and the directory is non-empty, an error occurs.
- conditions
- DataLakeRequestConditions
Optional DataLakeRequestConditions to add conditions on deleting this path.
- cancellationToken
- CancellationToken
Optional CancellationToken to propagate notifications that the operation should be cancelled.
Returns
A Response on successfully marking for deletion.
Remarks
A RequestFailedException will be thrown if a failure occurs.
