Java File Delete delete(File f)

Description

Recursively deletes a file or directory.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	The file or directory to delete.

Return

true if file or directory was successfully deleted.

Declaration

public static boolean delete(File f) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**/* www  . j ava2  s  .co  m*/
     * Recursively deletes a file or directory.
     *
     * @param f The file or directory to delete.
     * @return <jk>true</jk> if file or directory was successfully deleted.
     */
    public static boolean delete(File f) {
        if (f == null)
            return true;
        if (f.isDirectory()) {
            File[] cf = f.listFiles();
            if (cf != null)
                for (File c : cf)
                    delete(c);
        }
        return f.delete();
    }
}

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