Java Recursive Delete recursiveDelete(File dir, boolean deleteBase)

Description

Recursively delete the directory structure from this directory down, including this directory.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
dir	The directory to delete and remove.
deleteBase	set to <code>true</code> to delete the target dir as well.

Return

true for successful, false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean recursiveDelete(File dir, boolean deleteBase) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively delete the directory structure from this directory down, 
     * including this directory.
     * @param dir The directory to delete and remove.
     * @param deleteBase set to <code>true</code> to delete the target dir as well.
     * @return <code>true</code> for successful, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean recursiveDelete(File dir, boolean deleteBase) {
        boolean status = true;
        if (!dir.isDirectory())
            return false;

        File listing[] = dir.listFiles();

        for (int i = 0; i < listing.length; i++) {
            File file = listing[i];

            if (file.isDirectory())
                status &= deleteR(file);
            else
                status &= file.delete();
        }

        if (deleteBase)
            status &= dir.delete();

        return status;
    }

    private static boolean deleteR(File dir) {
        if (!dir.isDirectory())
            return false;

        File listing[] = dir.listFiles();

        for (int i = 0; i < listing.length; i++) {
            File file = listing[i];

            if (file.isDirectory())
                deleteR(file);
            else
                file.delete();
        }

        return dir.delete();
    }
}

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