Java Delete File deleteFile(final File file)

Description

delete file or directory

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	file path

Return

true - if the file/directory has been deleted
false otherwise

Declaration

public static boolean deleteFile(final File file) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  ww  .  jav  a  2 s  . c  o  m
     * delete file or directory
     * 
     * @param file
     *            file path
     * @return true - if the file/directory has been deleted<br>
     *         false otherwise
     */
    public static boolean deleteFile(final File file) {
        // delete directory content recursively
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            final File[] children = file.listFiles();
            for (File child : children) {
                if (!deleteFile(child)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }

        // delete file/empty directory
        return file.delete();
    }
}

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