[ARROW-6358] [C++] FileSystem::DeleteDir should make it optional to delete the directory itself

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22733
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 26/Aug/19 14:16
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:46
• Resolved: 04/Sep/19 04:50

Description

In some situations, it can be desirable to delete the entirety of a directory's contents, but not the directory itself (e.g. when it's a S3 bucket). Perhaps we should add an option for that.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5264