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

booleandeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
return deleteDir(dir, true, null);
voiddeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes the specified directory and any files it and directories contains. 
for (String filename : dir.list()) {
    File file = new File(dir.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + filename);
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(file);
    } else {
        file.delete();
dir.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir and dir itself. 
boolean empty = emptyDir(dir);
if (!empty) {
    return false;
return dir.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (String child : children) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, child));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return dir.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Recursively deletes a directory. 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
boolean isDeleted = dir.delete();
if (!isDeleted && dir.exists()) {
    System.gc();
    try {
        Thread.sleep(100);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
    isDeleted = dir.delete();
return isDeleted;
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes all files and sub directories under a directory. 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return dir.delete();
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes all files and subdirectories under "dir". 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
return dir.delete();
voiddeleteDir(File dir)
Delete a directory and all of its contents. 
if (!dir.exists()) {
    return;
File[] files = listFiles(dir);
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    File file = files[i];
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(file);
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booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir. 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return dir.delete();
voiddeleteDir(File dir)
Recursively deletes the specified directory. 
if (!dir.exists())
    return;
if (!dir.isDirectory())
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not a directory: " + dir);
for (File file : dir.listFiles()) {
    if (file.isDirectory())
        deleteDir(file);
    else
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