Here you can find the source of deleteRecursively(Path path)
public static void deleteRecursively(Path path)
//package com.java2s; /*//www . j a v a 2 s . c o m * Copyright (c) 2008 - Tomas Janecek. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.LinkOption; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor; import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes; public class Main { public static void deleteRecursively(Path path) { try { if (!Files.exists(path, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) { return; } if (!Files.isDirectory(path, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) { Files.delete(path); } else { Files.walkFileTree(path, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() { @Override public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException { Files.delete(file); return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE; } @Override public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc) throws IOException { if (exc != null) { throw exc; } Files.delete(dir); return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE; } }); } } catch (IOException ex) { throw new RuntimeException("Failed to delete " + path.toAbsolutePath().toString(), ex); } } }