mapreduce/src/contrib/sqoop/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/testutil/DirUtil.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.testutil;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * Misc directory operations
 * 
 *
 */
public final class DirUtil {

  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DirUtil.class.getName());

  /**
   * recursively delete a dir and its children.
   * @param dir
   * @return true on succesful removal of a dir
   */
  public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
    if (dir.isDirectory()) {
      String [] children = dir.list();
      for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        File f = new File(dir, children[i]);
        boolean success = deleteDir(f);
        if (!success) {
          LOG.warn("Could not delete " + f.getAbsolutePath());
          return false;
        }
      }
    }

    // The directory is now empty so delete it too.
    LOG.debug("Removing: " + dir);
    return dir.delete();
  }

}