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Created August 28, 2019 13:03
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Delete directory recursively in java8
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deleteRecursive.java
public static void deleteDirRecursively(Path pathToDel) throws IOException {
Files.walk(pathToDel)
.sorted(reverseOrder()) // dir would be listed before the files inside. So, we delete the files in the right order
.forEach(path -> run(() -> delete(path)));
}
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