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hdfs.rmdir

Deletes a directory in HDFS.

Usage

hdfs.rmdir(
        dfs.name,
        force)

Arguments

dfs.name

Name of the directory in HDFS to delete. The directory can be an absolute path or relative to the current working directory.

force

Controls whether a directory that contains files is deleted. Set to TRUE to delete the directory and all its files, or FALSE to cancel the operation (default).

Usage Notes

This function deletes all data objects stored in the directory, which invalidates all associated object identifiers in HDFS.

Return Value

TRUE if the directory is deleted successfully, or FALSE if the operation fails

Example

R> hdfs.rmdir("mydata")
[1] TRUE