Java Utililty Methods Delete File Recursively

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Method

voiddeleteRecursive(File f)
Delete directory or file recursively 
if (f.isDirectory())
    for (File c : f.listFiles())
        deleteRecursive(c);
f.delete();
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
delete Recursive 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
            deleteRecursive(f);
    boolean deleted = file.delete();
    if (deleted)
...
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
Think "deltree" or "rm -r". 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File f : file.listFiles())
        deleteRecursive(f);
file.delete();
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
Deletes a directory or file

Taken from http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=470197&messageID=2169110

Author: jfbriere 

if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] fileArray = file.listFiles();
    if (fileArray != null) {
        for (File aFileArray : fileArray) {
            deleteRecursive(aFileArray);
if (!file.delete()) {
    System.err.println("Cannot delete file");
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
Recursively deletes a file/folder and all its subcontent. 
List<File> exploreQueue = new ArrayList<File>();
List<File> exploreQueue2 = new ArrayList<File>();
List<File> deleteQueue = new ArrayList<File>();
exploreQueue.add(file);
while (!exploreQueue.isEmpty()) {
    deleteQueue.addAll(0, exploreQueue);
    for (File toExplore : exploreQueue) {
        if (toExplore.isDirectory()) {
...
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
delete Recursive 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (File f : files) {
            deleteRecursive(f);
        if (!file.delete()) {
            System.out.println("Could not delete folder " + file);
...
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
Recursively deletes the provided file, being careful to not follow symbolic links (but there are still unavoidable race conditions). 
if (file.isDirectory()
        && file.getCanonicalPath().equals(file.getAbsolutePath())) {
    File afile[] = file.listFiles();
    if (afile != null)
        for (File f : afile)
            deleteRecursive(f);
delete(file);
...
voiddeleteRecursive(File file)
delete Recursive 
Set<File> visited = new HashSet<File>();
deleteRecursive(file, visited);
booleandeleteRecursive(File file)
Recursively delete possibly non-empty directory or file. 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return false;
boolean rc = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] fileList = file.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
        rc &= deleteRecursive(fileList[i]);
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booleandeleteRecursive(File root)
Do rm -rf 
if (!!!root.exists())
    return false;
else if (root.isFile())
    return root.delete();
else {
    boolean result = true;
    for (File f : root.listFiles()) {
        result = deleteRecursive(f) && result;
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