Java File Path Delete deleteDir(File dir)

Description

Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir.

License

Apache License

Return

true if all deletions were successful. If a deletion fails, the method stops attempting to delete and returns false.

Declaration

public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from ww w  . jav  a  2 s  .co  m
 * Copyright (C) Mike Murphy 2003-2015 <mike.murphy@xmlactions.org><mwjmurphy@gmail.com>
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir.
     * 
     * @return true if all deletions were successful. If a deletion fails, the
     *         method stops attempting to delete and returns false.
     */
    public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {

        if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            String[] children = dir.list();
            for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
                if (!success) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        // The directory is now empty so delete it
        return dir.delete();
    }

    public static void delete(String fileName) throws Exception {

        File file = new File(fileName);
        file.delete();
    }
}

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