Delete file or directory

Posted in: Core Java

1. import java.io.*;
3. public class DeleteFileOrDirectory {
5. public static void main(String[] args) {
7. //create file object
8. File file = new File("C://FileIO/DeleteDemo.txt");
10. /*
11.   * To delete a file or directory from filesystem, use
12.   * boolean delete() method of File class.
13.   *
14.   * This method returns true if file or directory successfully deleted. If
15.   * the file is a directory, it must be empty.
16.   */
18. boolean blnDeleted = file.delete();
20. System.out.println("Was file deleted ? : " + blnDeleted);
22. /*
23.   * Please note that delete method returns false if the file did not exists or
24.   * the directory was not empty.
25.   */
26. }
27. }
29. /*
30. Output would be
31. Was file deleted ? : true
32. */