Here you can find the source of recursiveDelete(File path)
public static boolean recursiveDelete(File path)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w . j a v a 2 s. co m * Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors. * * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (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.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * 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 { /** * @deprecated use FileUtilities.delete(File) */ public static boolean recursiveDelete(File path) { if (path.isDirectory()) { File[] files = path.listFiles(); if (files != null) { for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { if (files[i].isDirectory()) { recursiveDelete(files[i]); } else { files[i].delete(); } } } } return path.delete(); } }