Java IO Tutorial - Java Files.deleteIfExists(Path path)

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Syntax

Files.deleteIfExists(Path path) has the following syntax.

public static boolean deleteIfExists(Path path)    throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use Files.deleteIfExists(Path path) method.

/*from w  w w.j  a v a 2s .com*/

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;


public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("C:/tutorial/photos", "Demo.jpg");

        //delete if exists
        try {
            boolean success = Files.deleteIfExists(path);
            System.out.println("Delete status: " + success);
        } catch (IOException | SecurityException e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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