Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Utils { /** * Deletes a directory. * * @param dir the file for the directory to delete * @return true if susscess */ public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) { if (dir.isDirectory()) { for (File file : dir.listFiles()) { if (file.isDirectory()) { try { if (file.getCanonicalFile().getParentFile().equals(dir.getCanonicalFile())) { deleteDir(file); if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) { System.out.println("Can't delete: " + file); } } else { System.out.println("Warning: " + file + " may be a symlink. Ignoring."); } } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Warning: Cannot determine canonical file for " + file + " - ignoring."); } } else { if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) { System.out.println("Can't delete: " + file); } } } return dir.delete(); } return false; } }