Deleting Files Using Java!

[Alerhau]

Hello everyone! As some people may know, I am creating a register user program. Now I would like to be able to delete accounts. And with that I mean that I wanna be able to delete text files. I was a little unsure if I should have created this thread in the "Advanced Java" part of the forum, but I will hand that over to some of the forum moderators! Please reply for an answer, I really need it! :)

Sincerely Alerhau

[mine0926]

What have you tried so far? Do you have compile or run time error? Which line throws the error?

[Alerhau]

I have'nt really tried anything so far, I needed help because I don't know how to do :)

[mine0926]

I have'nt really tried anything so far, I needed help because I don't know how to do :)

This is not a give-me-code forum.

Try to search this on google and there are lots of result.

[mine0926]

See File (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

[Alerhau]

Thankyou very much! That was very helpful! :)

[DarrylBurke]

See File (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)

No, File (Java Platform SE 6)

Please don't post links to old EOL versions. Bookmark this page:
Java Platform SE 6

db

[JosAH]

Hello everyone! As some people may know, I am creating a register user program. Now I would like to be able to delete accounts. And with that I mean that I wanna be able to delete text files. I was a little unsure if I should have created this thread in the "Advanced Java" part of the forum, but I will hand that over to some of the forum moderators! Please reply for an answer, I really need it! :)

There is nothing advanced about it; if you want to do something with files, the first thing to do is read the API documentation for the File class; as usual there answer can be found in there.

kind regards,

Jos

edit: dang, there were no replies mentioning the File class when I read the thread and typed my answer ... they doing it on purpose, I'm sure ;-)

[mine0926]

I honestly did not check the version of link. My mistake :)

[DarrylBurke]

The older versions of the API usually come up first in a search as a result of the cumulative ranking over the years. That most people click the first link only ensures that the latest API will never make it to the top of the first page.

That's why I recommended that you bookmark the index page for the SE 6 API.

db

[DarrylBurke]

edit: dang, there were no replies mentioning the File class when I read the thread and typed my answer ... they doing it on purpose, I'm sure ;-)

Hey Jos you're a Moderator. That means you can edit out all references to File before your own

db

[mine0926]

I did. Thanks for the info.

[JosAH]

Hey Jos you're a Moderator. That means you can edit out all references to File before your own

That is wicked, I would never do that! (thanks for the tip, I haven't had my coffee yet so I didn't think of that ;-) w.r.t. the API documentation: I've downloaded it, very convenient when my stupid ISP has another day off.

kind regards,

Jos