Filesystems/{filesystemName}/filesets/{filesetName}/directory/{path}: DELETE

Removes a directory from a fileset.

Availability

Available on all IBM Storage Scale editions.

Description

The DELETE filesystems/{filesystemName}/filesets/{filesetName}/directory/{path} request removes a directory from a fileset.

Request URL

https://management API host:port/scalemgmt/v2/filesystems/filesystemName/filesets/filesetName/directory/path
where:
filesystems/filesystemName
Specifies the name of the file system to which the fileset belongs. Required.
filesets/filesetName
Specifies the fileset. Required.
directory/path
The path of the directory to be removed.

Request headers

Accept: application/json

Request parameters

The following parameters can be used in the request URL to customize the request:
Table 1. List of request parameters
Parameter name Description and applicable keywords Required/optional
filesystemName The file system name. Required.
filesetName The fileset name. Required.
path The directory path relative to the fileset path. Required.

Request data

None.

Response data

{
   "status": {
      "code":ReturnCode",
      "message":"ReturnMessage"
   },
   "jobs": [
      {
         "result":"", 
           { 
             "commands":"String",
             "progress":"String,
             "exitCode":"Exit code",
             "stderr":"Error",
             "stdout":"String",
           },
         "request":" ",
           {
             "type":"{GET | POST | PUT | DELETE}",
             "url":"URL",
             "data":""",
           }
         "jobId":"ID",
         "submitted":"Time",
         "completed":Time",
         "status":"Job status",
         }
   ],
  }
For more information about the fields in the following data structures, see the links at the end of this topic.
"jobs":
An array of elements that describe jobs. Each element describes one job.
"status":
Return status.
"message": "ReturnMessage",
The return message.
"code": ReturnCode
The return code.
"result"
"commands":"String'
Array of commands that are run in this job.
"progress":"String'
Progress information for the request.
"exitCode":"Exit code"
Exit code of command. Zero is success, nonzero denotes failure.
"stderr":"Error"
CLI messages from stderr.
"stdout":"String"
CLI messages from stdout.
"request"
"type":"{GET | POST | PUT | DELETE}"
HTTP request type.
"url":"URL"
The URL through which the job is submitted.
"data":" "
Optional.
"jobId":"ID",
The unique ID of the job.
"submitted":"Time"
The time at which the job was submitted.
"completed":Time"
The time at which the job was completed.
"status":"RUNNING | COMPLETED | FAILED"
Status of the job.

Examples

The following example shows how to remove a directory from the fileset myFset1.

Request data: 
curl -k -u admin:admin001 -X DELETE --header 'accept:application/json'
'https://198.51.100.1:443/scalemgmt/v2/filesystems/gpfs0/filesets/myFset1/directory/myDir1'
Response data:
Note: In the JSON data that is returned, the return code indicates whether the command is successful. The response code 200 indicates that the command successfully retrieved the information. Error code 400 represents an invalid request and 500 represents internal server error. 
{
  "jobs" : [ {
    "jobId" : 1000000000006,
    "status" : "RUNNING",
    "submitted" : "2017-03-14 16:05:30,960",
    "completed" : "N/A",
    "request" : {
            "type" : "DELETE",
            "url" : "/scalemgmt/v2/filesystems/gpfs0/filesets/myFset1/directory/myDir1"
    },
    "result" : { }
  } ],
  "status" : {
    "code" : 202,
    "message" : "The request was accepted for processing"
  }
}