Java File Path Delete deleteDir(File dir)

Description

Delete the specified directory, including all of its contents and subdirectories recursively.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dir	File object representing the directory to be deleted

Declaration

public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w w  w  .  java 2 s  .  c  o m
 * Copyright 2015 Async-IO.org
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Delete the specified directory, including all of its contents and
     * subdirectories recursively.
     *
     * @param dir File object representing the directory to be deleted
     */
    public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {

        String files[] = dir.list();
        if (files == null) {
            files = new String[0];
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            File file = new File(dir, files[i]);
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                deleteDir(file);
            } else {
                if (!file.delete()) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException(
                            String.format("Unable to delete file: %s", file.getAbsolutePath()));
                }
            }
        }
        return dir.delete();

    }
}

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