Java Utililty Methods File Path Delete

List of utility methods to do File Path Delete

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Description

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

Method

booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
Delete recursively a directory. 
boolean result = true;
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    if (files == null) {
        return path.delete();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
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booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
            files[i].delete();
return (path.delete());
booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
Deletes a directory and its files recursively. 
File[] files = path.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
    try {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            boolean ok = deleteDirectory(file);
            if (!ok) {
                System.out.println("  ups, " + file.getCanonicalPath() + " cannot be deleted");
        } else {
            boolean ok = file.delete();
            if (!ok) {
                System.out.println("  ups, " + file.getCanonicalPath() + " cannot be deleted");
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
return (path.delete());
voiddeleteDirectory(File path)
Convenience function to delete a directory. 
if (!path.exists())
    return;
final File[] files = path.listFiles();
if (files != null) {
    for (File file : files) {
        if (file.isDirectory())
            deleteDirectory(file);
        else if (!file.delete()) {
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booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
Force deletion of directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (File file : files) {
        if (file.isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(file);
        } else {
            file.delete();
return (path.delete());
voiddeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
if (!path.isDirectory())
    throw new IOException("Directory '" + path + "' does not exist or is not a directory.");
if (path.isDirectory()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
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booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
            deleteDirectory(files[i]);
        } else {
            files[i].delete();
return (path.delete());
booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
delete Directory 
boolean deleted = deleteDirectoryInternal(path);
log.info(deleted ? "Delete succeeded for path: " + path : "Delete failed for path: " + path);
return deleted;
booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
Delete a non-empty directory Copied from http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0483.html 
boolean succeeded = true;
if (path.exists()) {
    File[] files = path.listFiles();
    if (files != null) {
        for (int i = 0; succeeded && (i < files.length); i++) {
            if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                succeeded &= deleteDirectory(files[i]);
            } else {
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booleandeleteDirectory(File path)
Rercursively deletes a directory 
if (path == null || !path.exists()) {
    return false;
if (!path.isDirectory()) {
    return path.delete();
boolean res = true;
for (File file : path.listFiles()) {
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