Java File Path Delete delAllFiles(File dir, String prefix)

Description

del All Files

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dir	a parameter
prefix	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean delAllFiles(File dir, String prefix) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w w w.  jav a 2s. c  o m
 * Copyright (c) Fiorano Software Pte. Ltd. and affiliates. All rights reserved. http://www.fiorano.com
 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
 * LICENSE.txt file.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param dir
     * @param prefix
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean delAllFiles(File dir, String prefix) {
        boolean bUnableToDeleteSomeFiles = false;

        String[] fileList = dir.list();
        String path = dir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator;
        File file;

        for (int i = 0; i < fileList.length; ++i) {
            if (fileList[i].startsWith(prefix)) {
                try {
                    file = new File(path + fileList[i]);
                    file.delete();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    //  No problem continue with the cleanup of
                    //  rest of the files.
                    //
                    bUnableToDeleteSomeFiles = true;
                }
            }
        }

        return bUnableToDeleteSomeFiles;
    }
}

Related

1. delAll(String path)
2. delAllFile(String path)
3. delAllFiles(File dir, String suffix)
4. delDir(String path)
5. delDirAndFile(String tempath)
6. deleleFiles(String regex, String path)