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JAVA EXAMPLES DELETE A FILE
Java Examples - Delete a file
Problem Description:
How to delete a file?
Solution:
This example shows how to delete a file using delete() method of File class.
import java.io.*;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter
(new FileWriter("filename"));
out.write("aString1\n");
out.close();
boolean success = (new File
("filename")).delete();
if (success) {
System.out.println("The file has
been successfully deleted");
}
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new FileReader("filename"));
String str;
while ((str = in.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(str);
}
in.close();
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("exception occoured"+ e);
System.out.println("File does not exist
or you are trying to read a file that
has been deleted");
}
}
}
}
Result:
The above code sample will produce the following result.
The file has been successfully deleted
exception occouredjava.io.FileNotFoundException:
filename (The system cannot find the file specified)
File does not exist or you are trying to read a
file that has been deleted
