Java Recursive Delete recursiveDel(final File f)

Description

Recursively deletes

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	the starting file

Declaration

public static void recursiveDel(final File f) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively deletes
     * @param f the starting file
     */
    public static void recursiveDel(final File f) {
        if (f == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The passed file was null");
        if (f.isFile()) {
            f.delete();
        } else {
            for (File x : f.listFiles()) {
                recursiveDel(x);
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. recursiveDelete(File _f)
2. recursiveDelete(File base)
3. recursiveDelete(File dir)
4. recursiveDelete(File dir)