Here you can find the source of deleteRecursively(File file)
public static void deleteRecursively(File file) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//www .ja va 2s . c om * #%L * elk-util-common * * $Id$ * $HeadURL$ * %% * Copyright (C) 2011 - 2012 Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford * %% * 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. * #L% */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void deleteRecursively(File file) throws IOException { deleteRecursively(file, false); } public static void deleteRecursively(File file, boolean deleteOnExit) throws IOException { if (file.isDirectory()) { for (File c : file.listFiles()) deleteRecursively(c); } if (deleteOnExit) { file.deleteOnExit(); } else { if (!file.delete()) { throw new IOException("Failed to delete file: " + file); } } } }