Java File Delete nio deleteFile(String fileName)

Description

Deletes the given file

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	The path for the file

Return

True: If the file was successfully deleted

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFile(String fileName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: LGPL 

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
    /**//www .  j  ava 2  s .c  o  m
     * Deletes the given file
     *
     * @param fileName
     *            The path for the file
     * @return True: If the file was successfully deleted
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(String fileName) {
        Path p = Paths.get(fileName);

        try {
            return Files.deleteIfExists(p);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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