Java Delete File Recursively deleteRecursively(File file)

Description

delete Recursively

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteRecursively(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*ww  w . j  a va 2 s  . c o  m*/
 * Syncany, www.syncany.org
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Philipp C. Heckel <philipp.heckel@gmail.com> 
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static boolean deleteRecursively(File file) {
        boolean success = true;

        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
                if (f.isDirectory()) {
                    success = success && deleteRecursively(f);
                }

                success = success && f.delete();
            }
        }

        success = success && file.delete();
        return success;
    }
}

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