Automatic Empty Folder Deletion After Remediation
The Delete Empty Folders feature automatically removes directories that become empty following remediation actions. This feature helps maintain a clean and organized file system by eliminating unnecessary empty folders.
NFS, SMB and SFTP
Deletion Behavior
- Empty folder deletion occurs after a scan completes and then every 10 minutes.
- A folder will NOT be deleted if it contains any files or folders after the remediation.
- A folder will NOT be deleted if it was empty before the remediation.
Configuring Empty Folder Deletion
- Navigate to Storage Units from the left-side navigation menu
- Select the storage unit for which you want to configure empty folder deletion
- Click the More Options button (represented by three dots) and choose Remediation Actions from the dropdown
- In the Remediation Actions modal window, select the Other Remediations tab.
- Enable the option: Delete a directory if it is empty after remediation - this does not delete if the folder was empty to begin with.
Depth Parameter
The depth parameter is used to determine where deletion of empty folders starts. It is a value in the range 1-10000
For example in the picture below we have a folder structure. Let's say that there is an nfs storage that has the sharePath PersonalTransfer.
Default - Depth = 1 -> PersonalTransfer Folder (which is also root) is kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted
Depth = 2 -> UserA, UserB and UserC are kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted
Depth = 3 -> UserA, UserB, UserC, ProjectA, ProjectB and ProjectC are kept, the rest of the empty folders are deleted
