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Delete an existing file or directory

The delete method of file class can be used for deleting a file or directory. The delete method returns true if the file or directory was successfully deleted from the filesystem. If the file object represents a directory, the directory has to be empty for a successful deletion.

package io;

import java.io.File;
/**
 * File class examples
 *
 * Contains different operations of java.io.File class.
 */
public class FileExample {
	public static void main(String[] args){
		File file = new File("d:\\temp\\test1.txt");

		// Delete the file or directory
		boolean isDeleted = file.delete();

		System.out.println(isDeleted);
	}
}

Tags: delete file, File, file class examples, File examples, java.io, java.io.File

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