diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
index c8c25bdbdb..8d1aca8592 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFailedFuture;
 import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFuture;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
-import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobStoreUtils;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
 import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
-import org.jclouds.filesystem.predicates.validators.FilesystemContainerNameValidator;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpCommand;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponse;
@@ -81,7 +77,6 @@ import org.jclouds.io.ContentMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.io.ContentMetadataCodec;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamValidators;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
@@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
             }
          }
 
-         final String delimiter = options.isRecursive() ? null : File.separator;
+         final String delimiter = options.isRecursive() ? null : storageStrategy.getSeparator();
          if (delimiter != null) {
             SortedSet<String> commonPrefixes = newTreeSet(
                    transform(contents, new CommonPrefixes(prefix, delimiter)));
@@ -237,6 +232,15 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return immediateFuture(null);
    }
 
+   /**
+    * {@inheritDoc}
+    */
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> clearContainer(final String container) {
+      storageStrategy.clearContainer(container);
+      return immediateFuture(null);
+   }
+
    /**
     * Override parent method because it uses strange futures and listenables
     * that creates problem in the test if more than one test that deletes the
@@ -251,6 +255,22 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
       return immediateFuture(null);
    }
 
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteContainerIfEmpty(final String container) {
+      Boolean returnVal = true;
+      if (storageStrategy.containerExists(container)) {
+         try {
+            if (Iterables.isEmpty(storageStrategy.getBlobKeysInsideContainer(container)))
+               storageStrategy.deleteContainer(container);
+            else
+               returnVal = false;
+         } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error(e, "An error occurred loading blobs contained into container %s", container);
+            Throwables.propagate(e);
+         }
+      }
+      return immediateFuture(returnVal);
+   }
+
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
@@ -285,11 +305,10 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
-   @Path("{container}")
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(final Location location,
-         @PathParam("container") @ParamValidators({ FilesystemContainerNameValidator.class }) String name) {
-      boolean result = storageStrategy.createContainerInLocation(name, null);
+         final String name) {
+      boolean result = storageStrategy.createContainerInLocation(name, location);
       return immediateFuture(result);
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
index 414292960b..c652dd7d62 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements LocalStorageStrategy {
    }
 
    public boolean createContainer(String container) {
+      filesystemContainerNameValidator.validate(container);
       return createContainerInLocation(container, null);
    }
 
@@ -279,6 +280,11 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements LocalStorageStrategy {
       return null;
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public String getSeparator() {
+      return File.separator;
+   }
+
    public boolean directoryExists(String container, String directory) {
       return buildPathAndChecksIfDirectoryExists(container, directory);
    }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalStorageStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalStorageStrategy.java
index 16bce85215..a6a6ec7b4c 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalStorageStrategy.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/LocalStorageStrategy.java
@@ -127,4 +127,7 @@ public interface LocalStorageStrategy {
      * @return Location of container or null
      */
     Location getLocation(String containerName);
+
+    /** @return path separator, either / or \ */
+    String getSeparator();
 }
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
index f7696af7f3..72fde80d74 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
             }
          }
 
-         final String delimiter = options.isRecursive() ? null : "/";
+         final String delimiter = options.isRecursive() ? null : storageStrategy.getSeparator();
          if (delimiter != null) {
             SortedSet<String> commonPrefixes = newTreeSet(
                    transform(contents, new CommonPrefixes(prefix, delimiter)));
@@ -238,7 +238,12 @@ public class TransientAsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
    }
 
    /**
-    * {@inheritDoc}
+    * Override parent method because it uses strange futures and listenables
+    * that creates problem in the test if more than one test that deletes the
+    * container is executed
+    *
+    * @param container
+    * @return
     */
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<Void> deleteContainer(final String container) {
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
index 89e1480bb3..421c3fb576 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/TransientStorageStrategy.java
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ public class TransientStorageStrategy implements LocalStorageStrategy {
       return containerToLocation.get(containerName);
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public String getSeparator() {
+      return "/";
+   }
+
    private Blob createUpdatedCopyOfBlobInContainer(String containerName, Blob in) {
       checkNotNull(in, "blob");
       checkNotNull(in.getPayload(), "blob.payload");