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DataLakeFileClient.DeleteIfExistsAsync Method

Definition

The DeleteIfExistsAsync(DataLakeRequestConditions, CancellationToken) operation marks the specified file for deletion, if the file exists. The file 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 (Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake.Models.DataLakeRequestConditions conditions = default, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
override this.DeleteIfExistsAsync : Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake.Models.DataLakeRequestConditions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Response<bool>>
Public Overridable Function DeleteIfExistsAsync (Optional conditions As DataLakeRequestConditions = Nothing, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As Task(Of Response(Of Boolean))

Parameters

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.

Applies to