How to delete a folder with files using Java

Question

I want to create and delete a directory using Java, but it isn\'t working.

File index = new File(\"/home/Work/Indexer1\");
if (!index.exists()) {
    index.m         


        

Answer 1

As mentioned, Java isn't able to delete a folder that contains files, so first delete the files and then the folder.

Here's a simple example to do this:

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;



// First, remove files from into the folder 
FileUtils.cleanDirectory(folder/path);

// Then, remove the folder
FileUtils.deleteDirectory(folder/path);

Or:

FileUtils.forceDelete(new File(destination));