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Sebb commented on IO-413:
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What does file.delete() return if the file does not exist? I suspect it returns
false, so it would probably be better to check whether the file exists rather
than relying on the return value.
> deleteQuietly(File) should try to closeOnDelete too
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: IO-413
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-413
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Utilities
> Reporter: BELUGA BEHR
> Priority: Minor
>
> Something like...
> {code}
> public static boolean deleteQuietly(final File file, final boolean
> deleteOnExit) {
> boolean fileDeleted = false;
> if (file == null) {
> return false;
> }
> try {
> if (file.isDirectory()) {
> cleanDirectory(file);
> }
> } catch (final Exception ignored) {
> }
> try {
> fileDeleted = file.delete();
> } catch (final Exception ignored) {
> return false;
> }
> if (deleteOnExit && !fileDeleted)
> {
> file.deleteOnExit();
> }
> return fileDeleted;
> }
> {code}
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