How to Delete Files in Java
Background This article demonstrates how to delete files in Java. Software Environment Windows 7 Professional SP1 Eclipse – Kepler Release Java 1.7 (1.7.0_67 – Windows x86) Delete It
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/* * Copyright (C) 2014 www.turreta.com * * 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. */ package com.turreta.io.file; import java.io.File; public class MyFileUtil { public static boolean deleteFile(String fileName) { File file = new File(fileName); /* Check if we are deleting a file and not a directory * which can be non-empty. */ if(file.isFile()) { return file.delete(); } else { // Log reason return false; } } public static void main(String[] args) { // File C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt needs to be existing boolean t = MyFileUtil.deleteFile("C:/Users/user123/Desktop/delete_me.txt"); System.out.println(t ? "File deleted" : "File not deleted"); } } |
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