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Delete folder using Databricks CLI

joaogilsa — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:22:43 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to delete a folder and its content using databricks cli, but I'm getting the following error:

databricks workspace delete /Workspace/Users/XXX/XXX --profile DEFAULT --recursive true
Error: expected to have the absolute path of the notebook or directory

I have tried deleting a single file, and it's working. It's only when I try to delete a folder that it fails.

Thank you in advance!

Re: Delete folder using Databricks CLI

szymon_dybczak — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:42:10 GMT

Hi @joaogilsa ,

Delete true after recursive and it should work 😀 Look at below help output. It looks like that recursive it's already boolean flag, so when you add true I think it has problem with parsing:

Delete a workspace object. Deletes an object or a directory (and optionally recursively deletes all objects in the directory). * If path does not exist, this call returns an error RESOURCE_DOES_NOT_EXIST. * If path is a non-empty directory and recursive is set to false, this call returns an error DIRECTORY_NOT_EMPTY. Object deletion cannot be undone and deleting a directory recursively is not atomic. Arguments: PATH: The absolute path of the notebook or directory. Usage: databricks workspace delete PATH [flags] Flags: -h, --help help for delete --json JSON either inline JSON string or @path/to/file.json with request body (default JSON (0 bytes)) --recursive The flag that specifies whether to delete the object recursively.

Re: Delete folder using Databricks CLI

joaogilsa — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:42:15 GMT

Thank you for the help, @szymon_dybczak, it worked!

Re: Delete folder using Databricks CLI

szymon_dybczak — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:43:00 GMT

Cool, glad that it worked 🙂