Java Delete File deleteFile(File file)

Description

Accommodate Windows bug: If the delete does not work, call System.gc(), wait a little and try again.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFile(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww  w.  ja v  a 2 s  .c o m
 * Copyright 2014 The Sculptor Project Team, including the original 
 * author or authors.
 * 
 * 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.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Accommodate Windows bug: If the delete does not work, call
     * <code>System.gc()</code>, wait a little and try again.
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            throw new IOException("File " + file + " isn't a file.");
        }
        if (!file.delete()) {
            if (System.getProperty("os.name").equalsIgnoreCase("windows")) {
                file = file.getCanonicalFile();
                System.gc();
            }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(10);
                return file.delete();
            } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                return file.delete();
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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