[GitHub] [iceberg] rdblue commented on issue #1764: When using hiveCatalog.dropTable(identifier, true), the table directory is not completely removed

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rdblue commented on issue #1764:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/1764#issuecomment-736855702


   @zhangdove, there is no requirement in Iceberg that a table "owns" its location. The intent of not recursively deleting was to avoid dropping other data in the same prefix. I think it would be fine to drop the location recursively in some cases. Maybe that should be a catalog option?


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