How to delete an empty directory (or the directory with all contents recursively) in gradle?

Question

I can\'t figure out how to delete all contents of a directory.

For cleaning out a directory, I want to remove all files and directories inside it: I want to wipe ev

Answer 1

Following will delete all content from the src folder but leaves the folder itself untouched:

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {
    def dirName = "src" 
    file( dirName ).list().each{
        f -> 
            delete "${dirName}/${f}"
    }
}