Here you can find the source of deleteDirectory(File directory)
public static void deleteDirectory(File directory)
//package com.java2s; /* MOD_V2.0/*from www.j a va2s .c o m*/ * Copyright (c) 2012 OpenDA Association * All rights reserved. * * This file is part of OpenDA. * * OpenDA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * OpenDA 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with OpenDA. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) { if (directory.getPath().length() <= 4) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Path length is too short"); } for (File file : directory.listFiles()) { if (file.isDirectory()) { deleteDirectory(file); } else { boolean success = file.delete(); // if (!success) { // throw new RuntimeException("Could not delete file " + file.getAbsolutePath()); // } } } boolean success = directory.delete(); // if (!success) { // throw new RuntimeException("Could not delete directory " + directory.getAbsolutePath()); // } } }