Java tutorial
/* * Copyright Aduna (http://www.aduna-software.com/) (c) 1997-2006. * * Licensed under the Aduna BSD-style license. */ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.OutputStream; public class Main { /** * Deletes the specified diretory and any files and directories in it * recursively. * * @param dir The directory to remove. * @throws IOException If the directory could not be removed. */ public static void deleteDir(File dir) throws IOException { if (!dir.isDirectory()) { throw new IOException("Not a directory " + dir); } File[] files = dir.listFiles(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { File file = files[i]; if (file.isDirectory()) { deleteDir(file); } else { boolean deleted = file.delete(); if (!deleted) { throw new IOException("Unable to delete file" + file); } } } dir.delete(); } }