I am trying to delete a folder which has only files but no sub folders without success.
Code:
File rowFolder = new File(folderPath);
String[] files = rowFolder.list();
for (String file : files){
File deleteFile = new File(file);
System.out.println("deleting file -"+deleteFile.getName());
deleteFile.delete();
}
System.out.println("deleting folder -"+rowFolder.getName());
rowFolder.delete();
Output:
deleting file -testing.pdf
deleting file -app_json.json
deleting file -photo.jpg
deleting folder -bundle_folder
The code doesn't delete any folder nor any file. Why is that?
解决方案
You could be getting a failed delete for a number of reasons; the file could be locked by the file system, you may lack permissions, or could be open by another process etc.
If you're using Java 7 or above you can use the javax.nio.* API; it's a little more reliable & consistent than the legacy java.io.Fileclasses:
Path fp = file.toPath();
Files.delete(fp);
If you want to catch the possible exceptions:
try {
Files.delete(path);
} catch (NoSuchFileException x) {
System.err.format("%s: no such" + " file or directory%n", path);
} catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException x) {
System.err.format("%s not empty%n", path);
} catch (IOException x) {
// File permission problems are caught here.
System.err.println(x);
}
Check the docs for more info on IO in Java 7