Java Recursive Delete recursiveDelete(File _f)

Description

recursive Delete

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean recursiveDelete(File _f) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 *  $Id: FileUtil.java 2981 2012-08-08 21:01:27Z alan $
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static boolean recursiveDelete(File _f) throws IOException {
        boolean result = true;
        File[] dirContent = _f.listFiles();
        if (dirContent != null) { // will be null if it's not a directory
            for (int i = 0; i < dirContent.length; i++) {
                if (dirContent[i].isDirectory()) {
                    if (!recursiveDelete(dirContent[i])) {
                        result = false;
                    }
                } else if (!dirContent[i].delete()) {
                    result = false;
                }
            }

            if (!_f.delete()) {
                result = false;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. recursiveDel(final File f)
2. recursiveDelete(File base)
3. recursiveDelete(File dir)
4. recursiveDelete(File dir)
5. recursiveDelete(File dir)