func (d *Dispatcher) deleteDatastoreFiles(ds *object.Datastore, path string, force bool) (bool, error) {
defer trace.End(trace.Begin(fmt.Sprintf("path %q, force %t", path, force)))
// refuse to delete everything on the datstore, ignore force
if path == "" {
dsn, _ := ds.ObjectName(d.ctx)
msg := fmt.Sprintf("refusing to remove datastore files for path \"\" on datastore %q", dsn)
return false, errors.New(msg)
}
var empty bool
dsPath := ds.Path(path)
res, err := d.lsFolder(ds, dsPath)
if err != nil {
if !types.IsFileNotFound(err) {
err = errors.Errorf("Failed to browse folder %q: %s", dsPath, err)
return empty, err
}
log.Debugf("Folder %q is not found", dsPath)
empty = true
return empty, nil
}
if len(res.File) > 0 && !force {
log.Debugf("Folder %q is not empty, leave it there", dsPath)
return empty, nil
}
m := object.NewFileManager(ds.Client())
if err = d.deleteFilesIteratively(m, ds, dsPath); err != nil {
return empty, err
}
return true, nil
}
