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File.delete returns false.

dmjpro
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  1. File l_file = new File(path);
  2. System.out.println(l_file.exists()); //returns true
  3. System.out.println(l_file.delete()); //returns false
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How does this happen? Could anyone explain?
Sep 14 '10 #1
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jkmyoung
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Do you have permissions to delete the file? Someone else may have the file open.
Sep 14 '10 #2
dmjpro
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Then i think program would have an security exception or IO exception.Is not it?
Sep 15 '10 #3
Dheeraj Joshi
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Is this file being used by somebody else or some other processes?

Regards
Dheeraj Joshi
Sep 15 '10 #4
dmjpro
2,476 2GB
Ok. tell me one thing when File.deleted throws Exception and when returns false?
Sep 15 '10 #5
jkmyoung
2,057 Expert 2GB
It could also be that the path you are pointing to is a non-empty directory.

I 'think' you only get a SecurityException if you don't have permissions to delete the file, but just false for most other situations.
Sep 17 '10 #6

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