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package com.twitter.common.util;
import java.io.File;
/**
* Utilities for working with Files
*
* @author Florian Leibert
*/
public final class FileUtils {
private FileUtils() {
}
/**
* recursively deletes the path and all it's content and returns true if it succeeds
* Note that the content could be partially deleted and the method return false
*
* @param path the path to delete
* @return true if the path was deleted
*/
public static boolean forceDeletePath(File path) {
if (path == null) {
return false;
}
if (path.exists() && path.isDirectory()) {
File[] files = path.listFiles();
for (File file : files) {
if (file.isDirectory()) {
forceDeletePath(file);
} else {
file.delete();
}
}
}
return path.delete();
}
}