Delete a non-empty directory: Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir. : Directory « File Input Output « Java

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Java » File Input Output » Directory Screenshots  Delete a non-empty directory: Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir.       import java.io.File; public class Main {   public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {     deleteDir(new File("c:\\temp"));   }   public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {     if (dir.isDirectory()) {       String[] children = dir.list();       for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {         boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));         if (!success) {           return false;         }       }     }     return dir.delete();   } }                            Related examples in the same category 1.  Create directory 2.  Create directory along with required nonexistent parent directories 3.  Create directory tree (nested/cascade folders) 4.  Create a directories recursively 5.  Copying a Directory: Copies files under srcDir to dstDir, if dstDir does not exist, it will be created. 6.  Listing the Files or Subdirectories in a Directory 7.  Listing the File System Roots 8.  The Directory Listing Application 9.  use list( ) to examine the contents of a directory: 10.  Reading and Printing a Directory Hierarchy 11.  Display a file system in a JTree view 12.  File Tree Demo 13.  File Table HTML 14.  A standalone program that deletes a specified file or directory 15.  Get Last modification time of a file or directory 16.  Set last modified time of a file or directory 17.  List contents of a directory 18.  Determine if file or directory exists 19.  Determine if File or Directory is hidden 20.  Check if a directory is not empty 21.  Get name of parent directory 22.  Get name of specified file or directory 23.  Get current directory 24.  Mark file or directory Read Only 25.  Rename file or directory 26.  Traversing all files and directories under dir 27.  Traversing only directories under dir 28.  Traversing only files under dir 29.  Creates and displays a window containing a list of files and sub-directories in a specified directory 30.  Calculate directory size 31.  Delete directory recursively 32.  Determining If Two Filename Paths Refer to the Same File 33.  Recursive directory deletion 34.  Recursivly delete directory 35.  Searches through the directory tree 36.  Starts at the directory given and tests to see whether it is empty 37.  Directory Walker 38.  Utility methods for handling files and directories 39.  Creates a new and empty directory in the default temp directory using the given prefix. 40.  Count files in a directory (including files in all subdirectories) 41.  Create a unique directory within a directory 'root' 42.  Creates a new empty temporary directory. 43.  Get Files Recurse 44.  Recursively search a directory tree