1. Does file.delete() return true or false for non-existent file? stackoverflow.comIn java, does |
2. Delete files recursively in Java stackoverflow.comIs there a way to delete entire directories recursively in Java? In the normal case it is possible to delete an empty directory. However when it comes to deleting entire directories ... |
3. Delete Content of a File in Java stackoverflow.comI'm writing bytes to temp.fls file. After completing the operation, I want to delete the last 256 bytes from the temp.fls file. How can I achieve this? Please help me. Thanks in ... |
4. How to use garbage collection to delete files? stackoverflow.comHi I am using a lot of temporary files in java and my problem is that they do not get deleted. Without having to implement my own handling of temporary file management ... |
5. Java temp files and automated deletion stackoverflow.comIt is safe to use java's createTempFile method to create a temp file and then rename it and keep it as a permanent file? Or does java or the system in ... |
6. Deleting a file during shutdown in java stackoverflow.comHai I have developed a standalone application in which when an user logs in, an log file will be created and when the application is closed the log file gets deleted.But ... |
7. File Delete detection stackoverflow.comIs there a good way to detect deletes in Java? I know I can loop through the contents of a folder and compare the previous results, but is there a better ... |
8. How to tell why a file deletion fails in Java? stackoverflow.com |
9. How would i delete data from an external file? stackoverflow.comThe format i have in the external file is |
10. How to delete a data from a file through java? stackoverflow.comI want to read a file in java. And then, I want to delete a line from that file without the file being re-written. How can I do this? Someone suggested me to ... |
11. delete character from file in java stackoverflow.comhow can i delete few character from file by giving its position ?is there any function.. |
12. Can't delete a file stackoverflow.comA have such a problem: there are some RandomAccessFiles which are opened through the algorithm. The function they are used in is recursive. SO I can't close them (if I do, ... |
13. Deleting parts of a data file in java stackoverflow.comI have a file which I write some java objects. After writing, sometimes I need to delete some of these objects placed at ramndom positions in the file. Is there a ... |
14. Why not to delete a file after creating this file with java io api? stackoverflow.comI created a file and add some contents into it. Then, I want to delete it with java api. Before this operation, the write out stream is closed, but still failed, ... |
15. Java Code unable to delete file stackoverflow.comMy java code is unable to delete files on the the system hard drive. Whenever file.delete() function is called, it returns false. Any ideas, why that might be happening. Regards Vivek |
16. Java isn't deleting a file stackoverflow.comJava isn't deleting a file. I made sure it has permissions (full control to everyone, or 777 for you Unix-ers.) The System.out.println(currArchive.delete()) always returns false. Does anyone know why? I tried ... |
17. cannot rename or delete File instances stackoverflow.comI'm writing a Maven plugin that deletes and renames various files using the |
18. Why does IntelliJ delete my files when I do refactor? So I lost all my work stackoverflow.comI did right-click > refactor > move from the project menu, "Move everything from .../../ to another directory" > OK selected a different folder, and wham, all my data is gone. I ... |
19. Deleting a file using delete() - Java stackoverflow.comAll,
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20. Java 'file.delete()' Is not Deleting Specified File! stackoverflow.comThis is currently what I have to delete the file but it's not working. I thought it may be permission problems or something but it wasn't. The file that I am ... |
21. how to delete temp files (clean up) generated by a java program? stackoverflow.comI am working on a portable java app that generates some files on the fly on the user's PC (windows xp). Now, what I want is to delete those temp files ... |
22. Trying to delete files after concatenation with java stackoverflow.comhere is a code to concatenate all files from a folder. it works well but i modified it to delete files after concatenation and this function is not working coze i don't ... |
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24. File deletion in Java stackoverflow.com
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25. delete and rename a file in java stackoverflow.comi've created a file "file1" in java and i read that "file1" and made some changes to the data read from "file1" and i wrote the new data to another ... |
26. Problems deleting a file with Java (apache commons io) stackoverflow.comI am calling a C++ Method via JNI which creates two files. A text log file and a pdf file in a given directory. I want to delete these files (if ... |
27. Unable to delete file using file.delete() stackoverflow.comi am unable to delete my file, i have looked here and cant seem to find the answer. i have rights to delete,files,the files exist.Below is a class which contains a method ... |
28. File Delete and Rename in Java stackoverflow.comI have the following Java code which will search in an xml for a specific tag and then will add some text to it and save that file. I couldnt find ... |
29. how to delete all files having specific extention from MY Computer by java stackoverflow.comHI I want to write a java program by which I can delete all the files of my computer having a specific extension or character pattern in name.I also want to ... |
30. How to delete a file in java? stackoverflow.comI've got a problem handling the File object. It refuses to accept a string as argument, even though all the tutorials I've seen virtually use the same syntax. Am I missing ... |
31. Unable to delete a file in Java - Cannot figure out what I am missing stackoverflow.comI tried this code outside of my application and it works great, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why this will not delete the inputFile and rename ... |
32. Java Delete files older than N days stackoverflow.comI am having the below code snippet to delete files older tahn 30 days and its deleting all the files in teh directory in UNIX |
33. Deleting file if it crashes my app stackoverflow.comDoes anyone know how to delete a file if it crashes my app on the NEXT run? Eg. My app browses through an array of pictures. One of them crashes my ... |
34. Deleting file if it crashes my app (2) stackoverflow.comok so i've nearly got this. But it seems there is some logic error that i can't get around. Note that i cannot use try/catch. No need to ask why EDIT |
35. How to delete a file? stackoverflow.comI used the following code to delete the text file. But it won't delete the file, which still exists. |
36. Delete Files with same prefix string using Java stackoverflow.comI have around 500 text files inside a directory with a same prefix in their filename say |
37. File not deleting with if statement even if it is true, but is deleting without if statement stackoverflow.comWhenever I add the:
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38. Java & deleted files stackoverflow.comI need some points on: How can one read/recover deleted files, in JAVA code. I've used before for file read&write operations, clases from java.io, such as FileInputStream, FileReader, ... |
39. Does Jackrabbit allow deletion of files? stackoverflow.comIn my application I need to delete files older than 6 months. Is it better to do this with a cron job or with Jackrabbit? |
40. Unable to delete a File in Java stackoverflow.comFor whatever reason I am having an issue with File.delete() and File.renameto(File). For example: |
41. How to delete content of a file programatically without deleting file or without creating a new file with same name? stackoverflow.comI need to delete content of a file. I know that I can delete file and create with same name, but I don't want to do that. I am using PrintWriter ... |
42. Atomic Operation in Java to create a hardlink and delete a file stackoverflow.comI am writing a code in JDK 7 on Unix which compares two files. If both files are same say File A and File B. Then it should delete File B and create ... |
43. Java delete or modify one record in File stackoverflow.com |
44. Java 6 File Deletion stackoverflow.comI am aware that this question is a raging duplicate of this question. However, I have now read that entire page twice, and some sections 3 times, and for the ... |
45. problem in deleting the file bytes.comExpert 100+ P: 460 chaarmann re: problem in deleting the file Why are you using so many dots between your sentences? Do you have so less time that you need to ... |
46. File.delete returns false. bytes.comIt could also be that the path you are pointing to is a non-empty directory. I 'think' you only get a SecurityException if you don't have permissions to delete the file, ... |
47. Unable to delete the file after writing bytes.comDeleting is also working fine. It created a folder with todays date in destination folder and deleted the file from source folder, leaving the folder empty. Regards Dheeraj Joshi |
48. Delete() odes not always delete file!!!! coderanch.comhi everyone, i have a piece of code which i run through visualage. if i run it separately as a class , it deltes the files as wanted. but if i create an instance of that class and then call the fn which does besides other things deletes the files, it does not delete all the files. here is the code ... |
49. Deleting and Renaming files from the system coderanch.comYou probably need to use java.io.File, which has methods for deleting and renaming files. File holds a file name/path, or a directory. Although it does not actually hold the contents of a file, you can use it to do stuff with the file it points to, like set it's last modified attribute etc. File f = new File( "C:\java\file1.dat" ); // ... |
50. delete a file coderanch.comHi everyone, The following class copies the file of "app1.java" and renames the new file "WelcomeApplet3.java". However, it does not delete "app1" after copied. I wonder why? Thanks. import java.io.*; public class CFtest { public static void main(String[] args) { try { File inputFile = new File("c:/windows/desktop/app1.java"); File outputFile = new File("c:/windows/desktop/WelcomeApplet3.java"); FileReader in = new FileReader(inputFile); FileWriter out = new ... |
51. why can't we delete a file through java program coderanch.com |
52. very strange problem in file deleting coderanch.comLooking at the code will help, but the first thing I thought of was how operating systems handle file sharing. If you have a file open in one program you cannot open it in another. The servlet that created the file may not have released it back to the operating system, therefore the operating system will not allow anything else access ... |
53. help with file deletion..please help.. coderanch.comhi all, i have a servlet which writes something to a text file(say filename.txt).i want that whenever the servlet is executed again then it should delete the already existing filename.txt and create a new one.how can this be done..please help..its urgent..(i tried File.delete() but it throws some weird exception and doesnt let me delete the file)... PS-can file deletion be done ... |
54. Need urgent help with File.Delete coderanch.comHi All! Can ne body help me with thsi problem. Below is the functions that is gonna copy a file from source to destination and then delte the source file. Basically a move process! Can ne body tell me why the source file is not being deleted . The file is copied sucessfully but the deltion process is not working. need ... |
55. JDK1.1 java.io.File .delete() Problem coderanch.comHi All, I found that delete() method doesnt delete the file which it is suppose to do but sun has provided work around with a method deleteOnExit(); in JDK1.2 I am unfortunately using VJ++6.0 which implements JDK1.1 and has no support for deleteOnExit() method of JDK1.2 Is there any work around to get on to this problem I thank you all ... |
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57. renameTo() and delete() not working coderanch.comI know that similar problems have been posted before but they don't solve my problem. I'm calling renameTo() on a file object, problem is it gets deleted only some of the time. I'm creating a new file object for a file that already exists on the machine and then trying to rename it but it only works sometimes. I then tried ... |
58. Reasons File.delete() won't work? coderanch.comI'm trying to delete a file using File.delete(), but it keeps returning false. I've verified that path to the file is correct and that the permissions on the file allow deleting, but it still doesn't work. Any ideas? The routine follows. //*************************************************************************** //* deleteArchive //*************************************************************************** private void deleteArchive() { int row = archiveTable.getSelectedRow(); //get selected archive String archiveName = (String) archiveTable.getValueAt(row, ... |
59. FIle.delete() coderanch.com |
60. When I read the file, How can I delete the file coderanch.com |
61. Any known bugs w/ File.delete() ? coderanch.comof what I can tell you.. I have not run into such a problem before. It is only when I am trying to delete a file which is locked with me holding its outputStream, I get the false problem. I also encounter an AccessDenied Exception. Tell me if you are running the code segment on an Applet. lupo |
62. Problems deleting files coderanch.comHi, I'm trying to simply delete a file from local machine. I just read a lot of forum questions and answers without make it work. The os is a NTFS, the permissions of the file are full control for everyone (and for SYSTEM). SecurityManager.checkDelete("path_to_the_file") throws always a SecurityException and that means that the method delete() from the class File never will ... |
63. File does not delete fast enough coderanch.comI have an app that listens for a certain file. The file is a JPEG that is about 669 KB in size. Once it finds it, it loads it. The app also deletes the file then listens for a new file with the same name to appear. The problem is that I cannot get the file deleted fast enough before the ... |
64. File and delete() coderanch.com |
65. getting and deleting files from the remote system ...? coderanch.comHi, I am having two different machines within the same intranet. i am copying the files from my machine to the destination machine by using 'scp' in the java code. Now, i have to get all the files in a directory present in the destination machine to my local machine using the same 'scp' and after getting the files i want ... |
66. how to use the delete method coderanch.comThis is the code: <%@ page import="java.io.*" %> <% File dir = new File("/DATA/test/"); String[] files = dir.list(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { out.print("Name: " + files[i] + " |
67. Delete a File coderanch.comHi All, I am trying to delete a file, using file.delete(). But I am not able to delete the file. Here I have attached the method which is trying to delete a file. Please let me know, if anybody knows. Thanks in advance, Shanmugam. ==================================================================== public String createMapMethod(BufferedReader in, boolean methodFlag, String attrFile, String objFile) { String methodInfo=""; PrintWriter localOut; String ... |
68. File Deletion Problem ???? coderanch.comI am not able to delete a file. It is giving Share Violation while manually deleting it even. The gif file is generated using AWT and I want to delete the same on "Continue" on the same page. I tried using delete() method on File object and have also given the required permissions in weblogic.policy file through grantcode syntax. Can anyone ... |
69. Delete from file coderanch.com |
70. Delete from data.. coderanch.comI'm not sure I get your requirement. Maybe it's: * There is a text file with a bunch of strings / lines. * The user enters a string in the UI. * You want to remove the user's string from the file? You can't really update a text file in place. You pretty much have to read it modify the content ... |
71. how to delete an empty file using File.delete() coderanch.comDue to some of the operations in my program, Few files will get created among them some may be of zero bytes in case of no errors, but they will just get created. At the end, in the process of cleanup, I am trying to delete all the above created files. I am not able to delete those files which are ... |
72. file delete and reuse coderanch.comWhat I want to do: overwrite the existing test.txt file each time this runs: File testFile = new File("src/test.txt"); FileWriter out2 = new FileWriter(testFile); out2.write("Tim John Mike Matt Art Ellen Bevin Molly Maggie"); out2.close(); I get no errors, but it refuses to overwrite the file with new data. Does a file only get to be written to with one filewriter? I ... |
73. Another File Deletion Problem coderanch.comI've searched the forum(s) and tried some of the examples and I am still having a problem deleting a file. My code looks like this: String s_SourcePath = "N:\\INPUT_DEV\\"; String s_File = "thisFile"; File filetoBeDeleted = new File(s_SourcePath + s_File); System.out.println("File Absolute path: " + filetoBeDeleted.getAbsolutePath()); boolean success = new File(s_SourcePath + s_File).delete(); if (!success) { // Deletion failed System.out.println("File: " ... |
74. Problem with deleting a file coderanch.comHi, I have been trying to delete a file using File class's delete method. In my application, I am creating files using File.write method dynamically.after some point I would like to delete the same file which can be captured by the user's action. I am suing delete of File class and it seems to be not working. Can someone help mein ... |
75. Delete a File ? coderanch.comHello, In fact i tested this out without any problems. The file is getting deleted The code i used is: import java.io.*; class FileDelete { public static void main(String[] args) { File file = new File("D:\\Test File.txt"); boolean bExists = file.exists(); System.out.println("File exists:"+bExists); if(bExists) { boolean bDelete = file.delete(); System.out.println("File Deleted:"+bDelete); } } } Usually the File delete fails if you ... |
76. I cannot delete a file. coderanch.com |
77. myFileObject.delete() doesn't coderanch.comWinXP and 2K server - While there are files remaining on an FTP site, a new File object is created that references a file retrieved from the site. The object is passed to a method that uses an API to copy the contents to a content management repository. When that is complete (begin trans/commit), I attempt to delete the file. The ... |
78. Wildcard delete w/ File Object? coderanch.com |
79. delete a file from other system (LAN) coderanch.com |
80. java.io.File's delete()! coderanch.comhere is a peice of code which is a bit puzzling: FileArchive.archive(file, true, "E:\ftproot\invoices\"); file.deleteOnExit(); now the file parameter is a java.io.File and this code, which is supposed to move it to an archive directory and automatically delete this file, fails to delete it. Here is the archive method: public static synchronized File archive( File file, boolean delete, String path) { ... |
81. can i delete a data of file coderanch.comHello "twity"- You have been told before that we have a policy on screen names here at JavaRanch. Basically, it must consist of a first name, a space, and a last name, and not be obviously fictitious. Since yours does not conform with it, please take a moment to change it, which you can do right here. This is not optional ... |
82. Problem with delete a file coderanch.comhi all, I have a problem with delete a file. Sample code: File f=new File(source); for(int i=0;i<=file.length;i++) file[i].delete(); This code is run perfectly when i testing a simple program. but in my project this code is not able to delete the files,it always returns false. I closed all streams which i used but it not deleting a files.Please Help Me.. Thanks ... |
83. Problem with File.delete() method coderanch.comHi, I have a problem with deleting CSV files from my system using the Delete method of File Class. The problem is that while some times the files get deleted some times it fails. I have to clean up a certain directory after copying the files to a new loaction. for some CSV files this works fine while it fails for ... |
84. Delete file from a channel coderanch.com |
85. Class for safe deletion coderanch.comHi all, I have made this simple class for safe deletion on windows operating system. I have read that your deleted files are even recovered after completely formatting your hard disk. Following deletion guidelines, I have made a a program that deletes files but first writing over the file many 7 times or as many times as the user has mentioned. ... |
86. File which is open should not be deleted? coderanch.comOriginally posted by Meenal Srivastva: I have'nt opened the file concerned in my code, what i mean is that the file might be open in a different editor, and if it is so, then i want to prevent its deletion. I tried tryLock() method also, but its not recognising files which are open this way. Try one thing, open ... |
87. cant delete a file in Vista using java.io.File.delete() coderanch.com |
88. File Delete Problem coderanch.comI am working on a project where my application monitors files/folders. The user can add/delete files/folders. Such files/folder can be remote shares too (NOT mapped drives) Whenever a new file/folder is added my application also computes and maintains some data regarding these files. Whenever files are deleted, my application needs to flush out the corresponding data. Unfortunately (for me) the flushing ... |
89. how to delete files datewise.. coderanch.comhello.. this is my first post in this forum. i am trying to do a server routine check. in linux we have sub directories..am having one directory which stores all the log files of the server. i want to delete the files on 25th of every month. condition is that last 10 days file must be there..that means..delete the files created ... |
90. delete file from other system in LAN coderanch.com |
91. file delete... coderanch.comhi karan, put your logic as follows. check whether file exists f.exists() and check whether file is a directory if yes delete recursively or else f.delete() public void deletedb(String h) { File dbFile = null; try { dbFile=new File (dbName); if (dbFile.isDirectory()) { String[] dbFiles = dbFile.list(); for (int i = 0; i < dbFiles.length; i++) { String fullName =dbFile.getAbsolutePath()+"\\"+dbFiles[i]; File ... |
92. File Delete problem coderanch.com |
93. Delete genterated Files coderanch.comThanks but that did not work. I got the same error. The logic is I read through the directory and create a file object for any file that meets certain criteria for deletion. I then call the delete() method of the file object which of course fails to delete the file. I can delete files from my servlet that are NOT ... |
94. On Deleting External Files Using Java coderanch.comHi! My program, unfortunately, produces a lot of temporary text (.txt) files when executed. I need help deleting them after being used. These temporary files are used by different classes at different points in time while the main program runs. Is there a method or a function in java that could call on system commands from the Operating System (Windows xp ... |
95. How to delete all existing files in a dierectry? coderanch.com |
96. Delete Files coderanch.com |
97. Deleting a file in java coderanch.com |
98. Deleting a file. HELP! coderanch.comThe getResource method returns you a URL object, so the code you have posted should not compile. At any rate, assuming your real code looks more likeURL XMLFileName = Main.class.getResource("filename.xml");then -- also assuming the resource is actually in the file system and not inside the jar -- then I think calling its getPath() method should give you the file name. A ... |
99. File f.delete() fails coderanch.comHello Everybody , I have following code: File f = new File("abc.csv"); boolean success= f.delete(); value of success is full after delete attempt. above statements are there in my code and success is "false". But when I try to run above two statements in test.java , it is able to delete the file. i.e the question is , why f.delete() fails ... |
100. Deleting multiple files coderanch.comI am trying to delete multiple files from the directory using the below code but it does not work. String filelocation = "C:\\test\\*.txt"; File myFile= new File(filelocation); myFile.delete(); But, below code works, when I give exact file name. but, i this case only file is deleted. String filelocation = "C:\\test\\hello.txt"; File myFile= new File(filelocation); myFile.delete(); How do I delete multiple files ... |