Java Recursive Delete recursiveDelete(File dir)

Description

Recursively deletes everything under dir

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static void recursiveDelete(File dir) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w  w  w  .  j  ava 2 s  . co m
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Recursively deletes everything under dir
     */
    static void recursiveDelete(File dir) throws IOException {
        if (dir.isFile()) {
            dir.delete();
        } else if (dir.isDirectory()) {
            File[] entries = dir.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
                if (entries[i].isDirectory()) {
                    recursiveDelete(entries[i]);
                }
                entries[i].delete();
            }
            dir.delete();
        }
    }
}

Related

1. recursiveDel(final File f)
2. recursiveDelete(File _f)
3. recursiveDelete(File base)
4. recursiveDelete(File dir)
5. recursiveDelete(File dir)
6. recursiveDelete(File dir, boolean deleteBase)
7. recursiveDelete(File dirPath)
8. recursiveDelete(File f)
9. recursiveDelete(File f)