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Nirmal- thInk beYond
Nirmal- thInk beYond

Reputation: 12054

Delete file in java

I want to delete file on windows OS using java, how ever some time file may be in use by external process, how can I delete forcefully or by knowing which process use that and kill that process or any how, any code or way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1070

Answers (2)

Aaron Digulla
Aaron Digulla

Reputation: 328546

You can call low level Windows routines via JNI (http://www.atwistedweb.com/java/jni.html) or JNA (http://jna.java.net/)

But how about a more simple solution: Download Unlocker and run it with ProcessBuilder.

Upvotes: 3

Vladislav Rastrusny
Vladislav Rastrusny

Reputation: 29965

Java doesn't have any built-in tools to find out what process opened specific file. This is OS-specific. You must run some external tools for that, but I don't know any Windows command-line tool allowing you to do that.

Upvotes: 4

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