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Gary D. Gregory updated IO-888:
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Description:
This a follow up to IO-857.
There exists a difference between FileUtils and PathUtils in "clean directory"
behavior.
Both classes provide "clean" and "delete" APIs.
In PathUtils, cleaning a directory, removes all files but leaves a the
directory structure alone.
In FileUtils, cleaning actually deletes everything.
The question is whether FileUtils should be changed to only clean.
was:The PathUtils.cleanDirectory method does not erase subdirectories. Only
the files in them. The FileUtils.cleanDirectory method erases everything except
the directory itself, and this is the expected behavior.
> FileUtils cleanDirectory deletes all subdirectories and files, not just files.
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> Key: IO-888
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-888
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Utilities
> Affects Versions: 2.16.1
> Reporter: Dmitry
> Priority: Minor
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> This a follow up to IO-857.
> There exists a difference between FileUtils and PathUtils in "clean
> directory" behavior.
> Both classes provide "clean" and "delete" APIs.
> In PathUtils, cleaning a directory, removes all files but leaves a the
> directory structure alone.
> In FileUtils, cleaning actually deletes everything.
> The question is whether FileUtils should be changed to only clean.
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