Deleting files on the RDS DB instance - Amazon Relational Database Service
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Deleting files on the RDS DB instance

To delete the files available on the DB instance, use the Amazon RDS stored procedure msdb.dbo.rds_delete_from_filesystem with the following parameters.

Parameter name Data type Default Required Description

@rds_file_path

NVARCHAR

–

Required

 The file path of the file to delete. Absolute and relative paths are supported.

@force_delete

INT

 0

Optional

To delete a directory, this flag must be included and set to 1.

1 = delete a directory

This parameter is ignored if you are deleting a file.

To delete a directory, the @rds_file_path must end with a backslash (\) and @force_delete must be set to 1.

The following example deletes the file D:\S3\delete_me.txt.

exec msdb.dbo.rds_delete_from_filesystem
    @rds_file_path='D:\S3\delete_me.txt';

The following example deletes the directory D:\S3\example_folder\.

exec msdb.dbo.rds_delete_from_filesystem
    @rds_file_path='D:\S3\example_folder\',
    @force_delete=1;