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 
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++) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
        if (!success) {
            return false;
return dir.delete();
voiddeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
String[] entries = dir.list();
if (entries != null) {
    for (String name : entries) {
        File file = new File(dir.getPath(), name);
        file.delete();
dir.delete();
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voiddeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
String[] children = dir.list();
for (String child : children) {
    File file = new File(dir, child);
    if (file.isFile()) {
        deleteFile(file);
    } else {
        deleteDir(file);
deleteFile(dir);
booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Recursively delete a directory and all its contents. 
if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(dir + " does not exist or is not a directory");
File[] contents = dir.listFiles();
for (File file : contents) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        deleteDir(file);
    } else {
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booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Delete the specified directory. 
if (dir == null)
    return true;
if (!dir.exists())
    return true;
File files[] = dir.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
    if (file.isDirectory()) {
        if (!deleteDir(file))
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voiddeleteDir(File dir)
Deletes the specified diretory and any files and directories in it recursively. 
if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
    throw new IOException("Not a directory " + dir);
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
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 Subfolders in a directory 
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] entries = dir.list();
    for (int x = 0; x < entries.length; x++) {
        File aktFile = new File(dir.getPath(), entries[x]);
        deleteDir(aktFile);
    if (dir.delete()) {
        return true;
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booleandeleteDir(File dir)
Helper function to (recursively) delete a directory and all its contents 
if (!dir.exists()) {
    return true;
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
    String[] children = dir.list();
    for (String element : children) {
        boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, element));
        if (!success) {
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booleandeleteDir(File dir)
delete Dir 
if (null == dir || !dir.exists())
    return false;
if (!dir.isDirectory())
    throw new IOException("\"" + dir.getAbsolutePath() + "\" should be a directory!");
File[] files = dir.listFiles();
boolean re = false;
if (null != files) {
    if (files.length == 0)
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