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Remove a directory and all of its contents
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import java.io.File;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
/*
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*/
public class Main {
/**
Remove a directory and all of its contents.
The results of executing File.delete() on a File object
that represents a directory seems to be platform
dependent. This method removes the directory
and all of its contents.
@return true if the complete directory was removed, false if it could not be.
If false is returned then some of the files in the directory may have been removed.
*/
public static boolean removeDirectory(File directory) {
// System.out.println("removeDirectory " + directory);
if (directory == null)
return false;
if (!directory.exists())
return true;
if (!directory.isDirectory())
return false;
String[] list = directory.list();
// Some JVMs return null for File.list() when the
// directory is empty.
if (list != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
File entry = new File(directory, list[i]);
// System.out.println("\tremoving entry " + entry);
if (entry.isDirectory())
{
if (!removeDirectory(entry))
return false;
}
else
{
if (!entry.delete())
return false;
}
}
}
return directory.delete();
}
}
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