Java Delete File deleteFile(String file)

Description

Delete a file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	The file to delete.

Declaration

public static void deleteFile(String file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  w  w  w .  ja  va2  s  .co m
 * Copyright [1999-2015] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
 * Copyright [2016-2018] EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
 * 
 * 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;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Delete a file.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            The file to delete.
     */
    public static void deleteFile(String file) {

        File f = new File(file);
        boolean retVal = f.delete();

        if (!retVal) {
            System.err.println(String.format("Error - could not delete %s", file));
        }
    }
}

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