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 }