Java File Path Delete deleteRecursively(File path)

Description

Delete the specified directory/file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	directory/file to delete

Declaration

public static void deleteRecursively(File path) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Delete the specified directory/file.  If there's an error deleting anything, an exception is thrown.
     *
     * @param path directory/file to delete
     */
    public static void deleteRecursively(File path) {
        if (path.isDirectory()) {
            for (File child : path.listFiles())
                deleteRecursively(child);
        }

        if (!path.delete())
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete this file/directory: " + path.getAbsolutePath());
    }
}

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