Android File Delete deleteRecursively(File dir)

Description

Deletes a file recursively.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dir	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean deleteRecursively(File dir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w ww .j  a va 2  s.c  o  m
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import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Deletes a file recursively. If it's a directory we delete depth first, then delete the directory. The result is
     * true only if the directory and all it's children are deleted.
     * 
     * @param dir
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean deleteRecursively(File dir) {
        if (dir == null) {
            return false;
        }
        boolean result = true;
        if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            for (File child : dir.listFiles()) {
                result = result && deleteRecursively(child);
            }
        }
        return result && dir.delete();
    }
}

Related

1. deleteFilesRecursive(File src)
2. deleteFolder(File targetFolder)
3. deleteFolders(File dir)
4. deleteIfExists(File file)
5. deleteOldFile(String strPath, String strWildcard, int iOffset)
6. deleteRecursively(File f)
7. deleteSubfiles(String publishTemppath)
8. deleteTempDir(File dir)
9. deleteTempFile(File tmpFile)