MarkLogic 9 Product Documentation

xdmp.directoryDelete

xdmp.directoryDelete(
   uri as String
) as null

Summary

Deletes a directory and all of its child and descendant documents and directories from the database.

Usage Notes

If you delete a directory, the directory and all of its children and descendants (recursively) are deleted, including all child documents and directories. A child document or directory of a given directory is one whose URI begins with the same string as the directory URI.

Example

declareUpdate();
xdmp.directoryDelete("http://example.com/");