Deleting files from Java app in XP

Greetings --
I'm currently developing a standalone app that, among other things, needs to read an image in from a remote server and somehow translate it back into an image file. Right now, I'm reading the information in and saving it to file so that I can manipulate it -- but when my program is done, I want to "clean up" by deleting this image file. I haven't been able to find a good way to delete a file from Java - is there a way, even by somehow invoking the old DOS "del" command? Thanks in advance!
Yours,
Cheryl/muppetaphrodite

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