Delete file or directory
- /*
- Delete file or directory
- This Java example shows how to delete a particular file or directory from
- filesystem using delete method of Java File class.
- */
- import java.io.*;
- public class DeleteFileOrDirectory {
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- //create file object
- File file = new File("C://FileIO/DeleteDemo.txt");
- /*
- * To delete a file or directory from filesystem, use
- * boolean delete() method of File class.
- *
- * This method returns true if file or directory successfully deleted. If
- * the file is a directory, it must be empty.
- */
- boolean blnDeleted = file.delete();
- System.out.println("Was file deleted ? : " + blnDeleted);
- /*
- * Please note that delete method returns false if the file did not exists or
- * the directory was not empty.
- */
- }
- }
- /*
- Output would be
- Was file deleted ? : true
- */
