Here you can find the source of recusiveDeleteIfExists(Path p)
static void recusiveDeleteIfExists(Path p) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /**/* w ww .j a v a 2 s. co m*/ * Copyright 2005-2016 Red Hat, Inc. * * Red Hat licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version * 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or * implied. See the License for the specific language governing * permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; public class Main { static void recusiveDeleteIfExists(Path p) throws IOException { if (Files.isDirectory(p)) { try (DirectoryStream<Path> directoryStream = Files.newDirectoryStream(p)) { for (Path path : directoryStream) { recusiveDeleteIfExists(path); } } } Files.deleteIfExists(p); } }