Java Delete File Recursively deleteRecursively(File fileOrDir)

Description

delete Recursively

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void deleteRecursively(File fileOrDir) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void deleteRecursively(File fileOrDir) throws IOException {
        if (fileOrDir.isFile()) {
            deleteFile(fileOrDir);/*w  w  w  . ja  va  2 s.  co  m*/
        } else if (fileOrDir.isDirectory()) {
            String[] names = fileOrDir.list();
            if (names != null) {
                for (String name : names) {
                    deleteRecursively(new File(fileOrDir, name));
                }
            }
            if (!fileOrDir.delete()) {
                throw new IOException("Could not delete dir: " + fileOrDir);
            }
        } else {
            throw new IOException("Neither file nor dir: " + fileOrDir);
        }
    }

    public static void deleteFile(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Could not delete file: " + file);
        }
    }
}

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