Prohibited operations
HCP never lets you:
- Rename an object.
- Rename a nonempty directory.
- Overwrite a successfully stored object. However, if versioning is enabled, you can write new versions of an object using the REST, S3 compatible, or HSwift API.
- Modify the fixed-content portion of an object.
- Delete a directory that contains one or more objects.
- Shorten the retention period of an object.
- Store a file (other than a file containing custom metadata), directory, or symbolic link anywhere in the metadata structure.
- Delete a metafile (other than a metafile containing custom metadata) or metadirectory.
- Create a hard link.