Here you can find the source of deleteRecursive(File f)
public static void deleteRecursive(File f)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w .jav a 2s . co m*/ * Copyright (c) 2011-2016, Peter Abeles. All Rights Reserved. * * This file is part of BoofCV (http://boofcv.org). * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.*; public class Main { /** * Deletes all the file/directory and all of its children */ public static void deleteRecursive(File f) { if (f.isDirectory()) { for (File c : f.listFiles()) deleteRecursive(c); } if (!f.delete()) throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete file: " + f); } }