Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2014 Arpit Khurana <arpitkh96@gmail.com>, Vishal Nehra <vishalmeham2@gmail.com> * * This file is part of Amaze File Manager. * * Amaze File Manager is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void delete(File file) throws IOException { if (file.isDirectory()) { // directory is empty, then delete it if (file.list().length == 0) { file.delete(); System.out.println("Directory is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath()); } else { // list all the directory contents String files[] = file.list(); for (String temp : files) { // construct the file structure File fileDelete = new File(file, temp); // recursive delete delete(fileDelete); } // check the directory again, if empty then delete it if (file.list().length == 0) { file.delete(); System.out.println("Directory is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath()); } } } else { // if file, then delete it file.delete(); System.out.println("File is deleted : " + file.getAbsolutePath()); } } }