not able to delete the directory through Java

Question

In my application I have written the code to delete the directory from drive but when I inspect the delete function of File it doesn\'t delete the file. I have written some thin

Answer 1

Why to invent a wheel with methods to delete recursively? Take a look at apache commons io. https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/javadocs/api-1.4/

FileUtils.deleteDirectory(dir);

OR

FileUtils.forceDelete(dir);

That is all you need. There is also plenty of useful methods to manipulate files...