java file.delete() returns false but file.exists() returns true

Question

When I am trying to delete a file which is present in tomcat server conf/Catalina/localhost from java code then file.delete() always returns false. But if I am checking the

Answer 1

It means that file is existing, but your java process dont have the permission to delete that.That is why delete function is returning false

Returns: true if and only if the file or directory is successfully deleted; false otherwise