File - Delete From Task

Deletes the specified Task file from the Compute Node where the Task ran.

DELETE {batchUrl}/jobs/{jobId}/tasks/{taskId}/files/{filePath}?api-version=2024-07-01.20.0
DELETE {batchUrl}/jobs/{jobId}/tasks/{taskId}/files/{filePath}?recursive={recursive}&timeout={timeout}&api-version=2024-07-01.20.0

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
batchUrl
path True

string

The base URL for all Azure Batch service requests.

filePath
path True

string

The path to the Task file or directory that you want to delete.

jobId
path True

string

The ID of the Job that contains the Task.

taskId
path True

string

The ID of the Task whose file you want to delete.

api-version
query True

string

Client API Version.

recursive
query

boolean

Whether to delete children of a directory. If the filePath parameter represents a directory instead of a file, you can set recursive to true to delete the directory and all of the files and subdirectories in it. If recursive is false then the directory must be empty or deletion will fail.

timeout
query

integer

int32

The maximum time that the server can spend processing the request, in seconds. The default is 30 seconds. If the value is larger than 30, the default will be used instead.

Request Header

Media Types: "application/json; odata=minimalmetadata"

Name Required Type Description
client-request-id

string

uuid

The caller-generated request identity, in the form of a GUID with no decoration such as curly braces, e.g. 9C4D50EE-2D56-4CD3-8152-34347DC9F2B0.

return-client-request-id

boolean

Whether the server should return the client-request-id in the response.

ocp-date

string

date-time-rfc1123

The time the request was issued. Client libraries typically set this to the current system clock time; set it explicitly if you are calling the REST API directly.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

The request to the Batch service was successful.

Headers

  • client-request-id: string
  • request-id: string
Other Status Codes

BatchError

The error from the Batch service.

Security

azure_auth

Microsoft Entra OAuth 2.0 auth code flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation Impersonate your user account

Authorization

Type: apiKey
In: header

Examples

File delete from task

Sample request

DELETE account.region.batch.azure.com/jobs/jobId/tasks/task1/files/wd\testFile.txt?recursive=False&api-version=2024-07-01.20.0


Sample response

Definitions

Name Description
BatchError

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.

BatchErrorDetail

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.

ErrorMessage

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.

BatchError

An error response received from the Azure Batch service.

Name Type Description
code

string

An identifier for the error. Codes are invariant and are intended to be consumed programmatically.

message

ErrorMessage

A message describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.

values

BatchErrorDetail[]

A collection of key-value pairs containing additional details about the error.

BatchErrorDetail

An item of additional information included in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
key

string

An identifier specifying the meaning of the Value property.

value

string

The additional information included with the error response.

ErrorMessage

An error message received in an Azure Batch error response.

Name Type Description
lang

string

The language code of the error message

value

string

The text of the message.