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

booleandelete(File f, boolean recursive)
delete 
if (!f.exists())
    return false;
if (recursive && f.isDirectory()) {
    File[] children = f.listFiles();
    for (File c : children) {
        if (!delete(c, true))
            return false; 
return f.delete();
booleandelete(File file)
Deletes the given file or directory. 
if (!file.exists())
    throw new IOException(file.getName() + " does not exist");
if (isSymlink(file)) {
    return true;
boolean result = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] children = file.listFiles();
...
voiddelete(File file)
delete 
if (!isFS2File(file))
    return;
if (file.isDirectory())
    for (File child : file.listFiles())
        delete(child);
file.delete();
booleandelete(File file)
Deletes a file or directory recursively. 
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = file.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (!delete(files[i]))
            return false;
if (!file.delete()) {
...
intdelete(File file)
delete 
if (file == null) {
    return 0;
int deleted = 0;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
        deleted += delete(child);
if (file.delete()) {
    return deleted + 1;
file.deleteOnExit();
return deleted;
booleandelete(File file)
Delete a file or directory and insure that the file is no longer present on file system. 
if (!file.exists()) {
    return true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    flushDirectoryContent(file);
file.delete();
if (isFileDeleted(file)) {
...
booleandelete(File file)
Recursively deletes a file or directory and its contents; returns false if something went wrong in the process (which may leave the job partially complete). 
if (file == null)
    return true;
if (!file.isDirectory())
    return file.delete();
File[] flist = file.listFiles();
if (flist != null) {
    boolean r = true;
    for (File f : flist) {
...
voiddelete(File file)
Delete the specified file, recursively as necessary. 
if (file.exists()) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        File[] files = file.listFiles();
        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
            delete(files[i]);
    file.delete();
...
voiddelete(File file)
Do File.delete(), ignoring failure. 
if (file.exists() && !file.delete()) {
    return;
booleandelete(File file)
Delete the given file (can be a simple file or a folder). 
if (file == null)
    return false;
boolean success = true;
if (file.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = file.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        success &= delete(new File(file, children[i]));
return (success &= file.delete());