Here you can find the source of deleteRecursively(File file)
public static void deleteRecursively(File file)
//package com.java2s; /* This file is part of VoltDB. * Copyright (C) 2008-2015 VoltDB Inc.//www .j a v a2s . c om * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with VoltDB. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static void deleteRecursively(File file) { if (file == null || !file.exists() || !file.canRead() || !file.canWrite()) { return; } if (file.isDirectory() && file.canExecute()) { for (File f : file.listFiles()) { deleteRecursively(f); } } file.delete(); } }