Here you can find the source of recursiveDelete(File file)
public static boolean recursiveDelete(File file)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w . j a va2 s . c om * Copyright 2011 Garrick Toubassi * * Licensed 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.File; public class Main { public static boolean recursiveDelete(File file) { boolean status = true; if (file.isDirectory()) { File[] files = file.listFiles(); for (File f : files) { if (!f.getName().equals(".") && !f.getName().equals("..")) { status = status && recursiveDelete(f); } } } return status && file.delete(); } }