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Remove a directory and all of its contents

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /** Remove a directory and all of its contents */
    public static void removeDirectory(File dir) throws IOException {
        if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            File[] contents = dir.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++) {
                if (contents[i].isFile()) {
                    contents[i].delete();
                } else {
                    removeDirectory(contents[i]);
                }
            }

            // Remove this dirctory
            dir.delete();
        } else {
            throw new IOException("File: " + dir.getName()
                    + " is not a directory");
        }
    }
}

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