Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * 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; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** * Deletes the contents of {@code dir}. Throws an IOException if any file * could not be deleted, or if {@code dir} is not a readable directory. */ static void deleteContents(File dir) throws IOException { File[] files = dir.listFiles(); if (files == null) { throw new IOException("not a readable directory: " + dir); } for (File file : files) { if (file.isDirectory()) { deleteContents(file); } if (!file.delete()) { throw new IOException("failed to delete file: " + file); } } } }