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

Java 7 java.nio.file.Files class can be also used:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/delete.html

try {
    Files.delete(path);
} catch (NoSuchFileException x) {
    System.err.format("%s: no such" + " file or directory%n", path);
} catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException x) {
    System.err.format("%s not empty%n", path);
} catch (IOException x) {
    // File permission problems are caught here.
    System.err.println(x);
}