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/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
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import java.io.File;

/**
 * DANGEROUS Program to empty a directory.
 * 
 * @author Ian Darwin, Learning Tree, Course 471/478
 */
public class Empty {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        if (argv.length != 1) { // no progname in argv[0]
            System.err.println("usage: Empty dirname");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        File dir = new File(argv[0]);
        if (!dir.exists()) {
            System.out.println(argv[0] + " does not exist");
            return;
        }

        String[] info = dir.list();
        for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++) {
            File n = new File(argv[0] + dir.separator + info[i]);
            if (!n.isFile()) // skip ., .., other directories too
                continue;
            System.out.println("removing " + n.getPath());
            if (!n.delete())
                System.err.println("Couldn't remove " + n.getPath());
        }
    }
}