[SOLVED] To Delete All subdir in a directory

[tOpach]

import java.io.File;

class DeleteDir {
public static void main(String args[]) {
deleteDirectory(new File(args[0]));
}

static public boolean deleteDirectory(File path) {
if( path.exists() ) {
File[] files = path.listFiles();
for(int i=0; i<files.length; i++) {
if(files[i].isDirectory()) {
deleteDirectory(files[i]);
}
else {
files[i].delete();
}
}
}
return( path.delete() );
}
}

Could anyone tell me that where I should write the dir name which I want to del?

[Nicholas Jordan]

Could anyone tell me that where I should write the dir name which I want to del?

Well, you could do this:

class DeleteDir {
    // name of ?.....
    String fileToDelete;
    DeleteDir(String fileToDelete){
        fileToDelete = fileToDelete;
    }
  public static void main(String args[]) {
      File aFile = new File(args[0]);
      DeleteDir dd = new DeleteDir(args[0]);
      deleteDirectory(aFile));
  }
}

but why do we need the file name?

Looks very similar to recursive directory search, or is something similar.

I am working on recursive directory search this morning, if file is to be deleted - why do we need the name?

(errors in code while getting clarifications)

[tOpach]

Dear Nicholas,

Thank you for quick reply. I try to make a telephone directory. I wrote some programme code which allows user to add new people. When you add a new person, program creates a folder and some txt files into that folder. Now I just want my program to delete a person's folder and all its sub directories which will be entered by user. Thats what I am trying to do.

Thanks for help:)


Kind Regards,

Salih Ozan IRBIK

[Nicholas Jordan]

Try Web4J
I have looked around and this coder knows good practices and so on. I copied a recursive directory search, but noticed it had a copyright attached so suggest just dig around Hirondelle's site - some work involved but is just what you need.