Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /*------------------------------------------------------------------------ * (The MIT License) * * Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Rhomobile, Inc. * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. * * http://rhomobile.com *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void deleteChildrenIgnoreFirstLevel(File target, String strIgnore) throws IOException { if (!target.exists()) return; if (target.isDirectory()) { String[] children = target.list(); for (int i = 0; i != children.length; ++i) { File f = new File(target, children[i]); if (f.isDirectory()) deleteRecursively(f); else if (!f.getName().startsWith(strIgnore)) { if (!f.delete()) throw new IOException("Can not delete " + f.getAbsolutePath()); } } } } public static void deleteRecursively(File target) throws IOException { if (!target.exists()) return; if (target.isDirectory()) { String[] children = target.list(); for (int i = 0; i != children.length; ++i) deleteRecursively(new File(target, children[i])); } //platformLog("delete", target.getPath()); if (!target.delete()) throw new IOException("Can not delete " + target.getAbsolutePath()); } }