Я кодировал эту процедуру, которая имеет 3 критерия безопасности для более безопасного использования.
package ch.ethz.idsc.queuey.util;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
/** recursive file/directory deletion
*
* safety from erroneous use is enhanced by three criteria
* 1) checking the depth of the directory tree T to be deleted
* against a permitted upper bound "max_depth"
* 2) checking the number of files to be deleted #F
* against a permitted upper bound "max_count"
* 3) if deletion of a file or directory fails, the process aborts */
public final class FileDelete {
/** Example: The command
* FileDelete.of(new File("/user/name/myapp/recordings/log20171024"), 2, 1000);
* deletes given directory with sub directories of depth of at most 2,
* and max number of total files less than 1000. No files are deleted
* if directory tree exceeds 2, or total of files exceed 1000.
*
* abort criteria are described at top of class
*
* @param file
* @param max_depth
* @param max_count
* @return
* @throws Exception if criteria are not met */
public static FileDelete of(File file, int max_depth, int max_count) throws IOException {
return new FileDelete(file, max_depth, max_count);
}
// ---
private final File root;
private final int max_depth;
private int removed = 0;
/** @param root file or a directory. If root is a file, the file will be deleted.
* If root is a directory, the directory tree will be deleted.
* @param max_depth of directory visitor
* @param max_count of files to delete
* @throws IOException */
private FileDelete(final File root, final int max_depth, final int max_count) throws IOException {
this.root = root;
this.max_depth = max_depth;
// ---
final int count = visitRecursively(root, 0, false);
if (count <= max_count) // abort criteria 2)
visitRecursively(root, 0, true);
else
throw new IOException("more files to be deleted than allowed (" + max_count + "<=" + count + ") in " + root);
}
private int visitRecursively(final File file, final int depth, final boolean delete) throws IOException {
if (max_depth < depth) // enforce depth limit, abort criteria 1)
throw new IOException("directory tree exceeds permitted depth");
// ---
int count = 0;
if (file.isDirectory()) // if file is a directory, recur
for (File entry : file.listFiles())
count += visitRecursively(entry, depth + 1, delete);
++count; // count file as visited
if (delete) {
final boolean deleted = file.delete();
if (!deleted) // abort criteria 3)
throw new IOException("cannot delete " + file.getAbsolutePath());
++removed;
}
return count;
}
public int deletedCount() {
return removed;
}
public void printNotification() {
int count = deletedCount();
if (0 < count)
System.out.println("deleted " + count + " file(s) in " + root);
}
}