How to delete whole directory with files in it using Django default_storage

Question

My Storage Structure:

my-bucket/

    - dir_1/
        - file_1
        - dir_A

    - dir_2/
        

What I tried:

default_storage.exists(name='dir_2/')

o/p:  True


default_storage.delete(name='dir_2/')

dir_2 got deleted successfully.

But when I try the same for dir_1:

default_storage.exists(name='dir_1/')

o/p:  False


default_storage.delete(name='dir_1/')

This doesn't work. dir_1 still exists

How to delete dir_1 completely using the default_storage?

Answer 1

I used bash scripts to delete the folders and then called the scripts from Django. You could obviously use powershell scripts or vbscript if you were on windows.

I realise your question involves default_storage but this is a work around. The other option would be looping through the directories and deleting the files individually and then deleting the empty folder.