[GROOVY-1605] Have a delete() method in File that deletes all subdirectories and contained files

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Environment: all
• Assignee: Guillaume Sauthier
• Reporter: Sven Haiges
• Created: 19/Dec/06 02:05
• Updated: 21/Nov/08 14:55
• Resolved: 21/Nov/08 05:59

Description

Deleting a directory including all subdirectories is a very tedious task. A method in File like "deleteRecursively()" would really help.

I am currently using already qutie nice code like this:

def dataDir = new File( ... path ...)

def dirs = []

dataDir.eachFileRecurse {
if (!it.isDirectory()) log.info("Deleting ${it.name}: ${it.delete()}")
else dirs << it
}

dirs.reverse().each { log.info("Deleting directory: ${it.name}: ${it.delete()}") }

But why could it not be new File ( ... dir ...).deleteDir() or similar?