Java File Delete delete(File file)

Description

delete

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void delete(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static void delete(File file) throws IOException {

        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            // directory is empty, then delete it
            if (file.list().length == 0) {
                file.delete();/*from w  w  w . j  av  a  2s . c o m*/
                System.out.println("Directory is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
            } else {
                // list all the directory contents
                String files[] = file.list();

                for (String temp : files) {
                    // construct the file structure
                    File fileDelete = new File(file, temp);
                    // recursive delete
                    delete(fileDelete);
                }

                // check the directory again, if empty then delete it
                if (file.list().length == 0) {
                    file.delete();
                    System.out.println("Directory is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
                }
            }
        } else {
            // if file, then delete it
            file.delete();
            System.out.println("File is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }
}

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