Here you can find the source of deleteRecursive(final File dir)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| dir | a parameter |
private static boolean deleteRecursive(final File dir)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * Copyright (C) 2003 - 2013 * University of Konstanz, Germany and * KNIME GmbH, Konstanz, Germany * Website: http://www.knime.org; Email: contact@knime.org * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. * * 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>. * * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7: * * KNIME interoperates with ECLIPSE solely via ECLIPSE's plug-in APIs. * Hence, KNIME and ECLIPSE are both independent programs and are not * derived from each other. Should, however, the interpretation of the * GNU GPL Version 3 ("License") under any applicable laws result in * KNIME and ECLIPSE being a combined program, KNIME GMBH herewith grants * you the additional permission to use and propagate KNIME together with * ECLIPSE with only the license terms in place for ECLIPSE applying to * ECLIPSE and the GNU GPL Version 3 applying for KNIME, provided the * license terms of ECLIPSE themselves allow for the respective use and * propagation of ECLIPSE together with KNIME. * * Additional permission relating to nodes for KNIME that extend the Node * Extension (and in particular that are based on subclasses of NodeModel, * NodeDialog, and NodeView) and that only interoperate with KNIME through * standard APIs ("Nodes"): * Nodes are deemed to be separate and independent programs and to not be * covered works. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the * License, the License does not apply to Nodes, you are not required to * license Nodes under the License, and you are granted a license to * prepare and propagate Nodes, in each case even if such Nodes are * propagated with or for interoperation with KNIME. The owner of a Node * may freely choose the license terms applicable to such Node, including * when such Node is propagated with or for interoperation with KNIME. * --------------------------------------------------------------------- * * */ import java.io.File; public class Main { /** * @param dir * @return true if all files and folders could be deleted */ private static boolean deleteRecursive(final File dir) { boolean ret = true; if (dir.isDirectory()) { final String[] entries = dir.list(); for (final String entry : entries) { final File actFile = new File(dir.getPath(), entry); ret &= deleteRecursive(actFile); } } return (ret & dir.delete()); } }