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

At the risk of resurrecting an answered topic, there's a relatively easy way to do this.

This task will delete all files and directories under 'src' without traversing the file tree and without removing to 'src' dir

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type:Delete) {
    delete file('src').listFiles()
}