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

Groovy enhances the File class with several methods. You can delete a directory with all it's subdirectories and files using deleteDir() method.

task deletebin << {
    def binDir = new File('bin')
    binDir.deleteDir()
}