The below code only deletes the first file it gets inside the web dir. I want to remove all the files and folders inside the web directory and retain the web directory. How can I do that? - name: r...

What is the simplest way to forcefully delete a directory and all its subdirectories in PowerShell? I am using PowerShell V2 in Windows 7. I have learned from several sources that the most obvious...

I want the users of my application to be able to delete the DCIM folder (which is located on the SD card and contains subfolders). Is this possible, if so how?

How can I delete all files and subdirectories from current directory including current directory?

How can I delete a folder using C++? If no cross-platform way exists, then how to do it for the most-popular OSes - Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android? Would a POSIX solution work for all of them? ...

I want to create and delete a directory using Java, but it isn't working. File index = new File("/home/Work/Indexer1"); if (!index.exists()) { index.mkdir(); } else { index.delete(); if (!index...

Is there a way to delete entire directories recursively in Java? In the normal case it is possible to delete an empty directory. However when it comes to deleting entire directories with contents,...

I need to delete a directory that contains read-only files. Which approach is better: Using DirectoryInfo.Delete(), or, ManagementObject.InvokeMethod("Delete")? With DirectoryInfo.Delete(), I ...

How can I delete a folder with all it's files/subdirectories (recursive deletion) in C++?

How do I delete a directory and its entire contents (files and subdirectories) in PHP?

I deleted manually a directory I just added, offline, in my repository. I can't restore the directory. Any attempt to do an update or a commit will fail with: "blabla/.svn" containing working co...

I am trying to delete a file located at the path /storage/714D-160A/Xender/image/Screenshot_commando.png What I've done so far: try{ String d_path = "/storage/714D-160A/Xender/image/Screensho...

If you delete a directory from an SVN working copy, but haven't committed yet, it's not obvious how to get it back. Google even suggests "svn undo delete before commit" as a common query when you t...

I know this will delete everything in a subdirectory and below it: rm -rf <subdir-name> But how do you delete everything in the current directory as well as every subdirectory below it and...

I have a share that is a "junk drawer" for end-users. They are able to create folders and subfolders as they see fit. I need to implement a script to delete files created more than 31 days old. I...

The rmdir() function fails if the folder contains any files. I can loop through all of the the files in the directory with something like this: foreach (scandir($dir) as $item) { if ($item == '.'...

I would like to delete all folders except MYFOLDER found in a parent directory but I cant get it done? for %%i in ("C:\Parent") do if not "%%i"=="MYFOLDER" del /f /q "%%i could somebody please c...

Is it possible to delete all the subfolders (with content) and files within a folder? For example: Backup November pic1.jpg pic2.jpg December January pic3.jpg example1.txt example2.txt exam...

I am trying to write maintainer scripts for debian package. Assume that I have a directory structure as follows: application/ ----application/file1.txt ----application/file2.txt ----application/co...

Issue: I have a Windows 7 sub-directory which I can't delete. While I know others here, and many more elsewhere on the Internet have asked about this general class of Windows 7 fil...

After enumerating a directory, I now need to delete all the files. I used: final File[] files = outputFolder.listFiles(); files.delete(); But this hasn't deleted the directory.

I want to look for the oldest directory (inside a directory), and delete it. I am using the following: rm -R $(ls -1t | tail -1) ls -1t | tail -1 does indeed gives me the oldest directory, the t...