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Venkata Raju
Venkata Raju

Reputation: 5215

Java 7 file deletion in Windows 7

    Path path = Paths.get("D:/tmp/a/aa/aaa");
    Files.delete(path);
    path = Paths.get("D:/tmp/a/aa");
    Files.delete(path);

Here is the exception i'm getting:

Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException: D:\tmp\a\aa
  at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.implDelete(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:264)
  at sun.nio.fs.AbstractFileSystemProvider.delete(AbstractFileSystemProvider.java:103)
  at java.nio.file.Files.delete(Files.java:1077)
  at test.Test.main(Test.java:44)

though are no files/folders inside aa folder.

This behavior is observed when i visited the folder using windows explorer(Here aa) and moved to D:\ root directory.

If i close the explorer widow, this program is working fine.

I know windows sometimes locks the folders, even in that case the exception message java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException: D:\tmp\a\aa seems to be wrong

Upvotes: 2

Views: 966

Answers (2)

wizardfan
wizardfan

Reputation: 176

Another tip, use "/" instead of "\\" as Java is supposed to be platform independant while "/" is recognised on both linux and windows.

Upvotes: 2

David Roussel
David Roussel

Reputation: 5916

Yes the error message is wrong, but Windows will not let a file or folder be deleted it another process has a handle open on it. This cannot be fixed from Java.

Upvotes: 3

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