How to tell why a file deletion fails in Java?

Question

File file = new File(path);
if (!file.delete())
{
    throw new IOException(
        \"Failed to delete the file because: \" +
        getReasonForFileDeletionFailur         


        

Answer 1

Be aware that it can be your own application that prevents a file from being deleted!

If you wrote to the file previously and didn't close the writer, you are locking the file yourself.