Android Folder Recursive Delete rmr(File path)

Description

rm -r equivalent -- remove file/dir recursively.

License

Apache License

Declaration

static public boolean rmr(File path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;

public class Main {
    /**
     * rm -r equivalent -- remove file/dir recursively.
     * 
     * Note that this function is extremely simplistic, and will traverse symlink
     * dirs, and happily delete its contents.
     * 
     * TODO (jon) make it more like 'rm -r' unix behavoir:
     * http://joust.kano.net/weblog/archives/000071.html
     */
    static public boolean rmr(File path) throws IOException {
        Preconditions.checkArgument(!path.getCanonicalPath().equals("/"));

        if (path.exists() && path.isDirectory()) {
            File[] files = path.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                rmr(files[i]);
            }
        }
        return path.delete();
    }
}

Related

1. deleteFileAndFolder(File fileOrFolder)