Here you can find the source of deleteFile(String filePath)
public static boolean deleteFile(String filePath)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 BSI Business Systems Integration AG. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors:// w w w . j av a 2 s. co m * BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.io.File; public class Main { public static boolean deleteFile(String filePath) { if (filePath != null) { File f = toFile(filePath); if (f.exists()) { return f.delete(); } } return false; } /** * @return a valid File representing s with support for both / and \ as path * separators. */ public static File toFile(String s) { if (s == null) { return null; } else { return new File(s.replace('\\', File.separatorChar).replace('/', File.separatorChar)); } } }