Java Recursive Delete recursiveDelete(File pathToFolderOrFile)

Description

Deletes file or folder.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
pathToFolderOrFile	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean recursiveDelete(File pathToFolderOrFile) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**//  ww w  .j  a  v  a2 s .  co m
     * Deletes file or folder. Folder could contain files or even other folders
     *
     * @param pathToFolderOrFile
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean recursiveDelete(File pathToFolderOrFile) {
        if (pathToFolderOrFile.isFile() && pathToFolderOrFile.exists()) {
            pathToFolderOrFile.delete();
        } else if (pathToFolderOrFile.exists()) {
            File[] files = pathToFolderOrFile.listFiles();
            for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                if (files[i].isDirectory()) {
                    recursiveDelete(files[i]);
                } else {
                    files[i].delete();
                }
            }
        }
        return (pathToFolderOrFile.delete());
    }
}

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3. recursiveDelete(File fileOrDir)
4. recursiveDelete(File folder)
5. recursiveDelete(File parent)
6. recursiveDelete(File root)
7. recursiveDelete(File root)
8. recursiveDelete(File rootDir, boolean deleteRoot)
9. recursiveDelete(File target)