Java tutorial
/* * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties. * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.*; import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet; import javax.servlet.ServletContext; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; /** * * @author user */ @WebServlet(urlPatterns = { "/testDelete" }) public class testDelete extends HttpServlet { @Override public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException { int filenamePos = request.getParameter("filePath").lastIndexOf("/"); String filename = request.getParameter("filePath").substring(filenamePos + 1); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); String filePath = request.getSession().getServletContext().getRealPath("/"); filePath += request.getParameter("filePath"); File fileDeleted = new File(filePath); if (!fileDeleted.exists()) { out.println("File " + filename + " does not exist"); out.println(filePath); } else if (fileDeleted.delete()) out.println("Deleted " + filename); else out.println("Failed to delete " + filename); } }