Java File Path Delete deleteDir(File delDir)

Description

Util: Deletes recursively the given directory.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
delDir	The directory to delelte

Return

true if the directory is successfully deleted; false otherwise

Declaration

public static boolean deleteDir(File delDir) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
       * Util: Deletes recursively the given directory.
       * 
       * @param delDir
       *            The directory to delelte
       * @return true if the directory is successfully deleted; false otherwise
       */
    public static boolean deleteDir(File delDir) {
        if (!delDir.exists())
            return true;

        File[] allDelFiles = delDir.listFiles();

        if (allDelFiles != null)
            for (int iF = 0; iF < allDelFiles.length; iF++) {
                if (allDelFiles[iF].isDirectory())
                    deleteDir(allDelFiles[iF]);
                else
                    allDelFiles[iF].delete();
            }

        return delDir.delete();
    }
}

Related

1. deleteChildDirectoriesExcept(File path, String... directoriesToSkip)
2. deleteContents(File dirPath, List failures)
3. deleteContentsOnly(final String srcPath)
4. deleteDataFiles(final Collection paths)
5. deleteDb(String path)
6. deleteDir(File dir)
7. deleteDir(File dir)
8. deleteDir(File dir)
9. deleteDir(File dir)