Java Utililty Methods File Delete

List of utility methods to do File Delete

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Description

The list of methods to do File Delete are organized into topic(s).

Method

voiddelete(File f)
Recursive delete. 
if (!f.exists())
    return;
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    File[] kids = list(f);
    for (int i = 0; kids != null && i < kids.length; ++i)
        delete(kids[i]);
if (!f.delete())
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booleandelete(File f)
delete 
if (f.isFile())
    return f.delete();
else if (f.isDirectory()) {
    boolean b = clearDir(f);
    b &= f.delete();
    return b;
} else
    return false;
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voiddelete(File f)
delete 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    for (File c : f.listFiles()) {
        delete(c);
if (!f.delete()) {
    throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete file: " + f.getAbsolutePath());
voiddelete(File f)
delete 
if (f.exists()) {
    if (f.isDirectory())
        for (File f2 : listAllFiles(f))
            delete(f2);
    f.delete();
booleandelete(File f)
Delete the file. 
if (f == null) {
    return true;
return f.delete();
booleandelete(File f)
Deletes the file/directory recursively and quietly. 
if (f == null) {
    return false;
if (f.exists()) {
    if (f.isDirectory()) {
        for (File ff : f.listFiles()) {
            if (ff.isDirectory()) {
                delete(ff);
...
voiddelete(File f)
delete 
if (f.isDirectory()) {
    for (File c : f.listFiles())
        delete(c);
if (!f.delete())
    System.out.println(
            "Failed to delete file: " + f + " file does " + f.exists() + " exists (false = not..)");
booleandelete(File f)
Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs. 
if (!f.delete()) {
    if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("windows") > -1) {
        System.gc();
    try {
        Thread.sleep(10);
        return f.delete();
    } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
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booleandelete(File f)
delete 
return (f != null) ? f.delete() : false;
booleandelete(File f)
Deletes the given file and, if it is a directory, delete all its sub-directories and sub-files. 
if (f.isFile())
    return f.delete();
else if (f.isDirectory()) {
    boolean b = clearDir(f);
    b &= f.delete();
    return b;
} else
    return false;
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