File/Folder Deletion is not working

Question

Hi People,
I have the following simple POJO class in which I am trying to delete a file but its not happening can someone pls help me on this.
import java.io.*;
class ListFiles
public static void main(String args[]){
String path="C:/Documents and Settings/Desktop//Art/Notes";
File test1 = new File(path);
String[] children = test1.list();
    if (children == null) {
        // Either dir does not exist or is not a directory
          System.out.println("dir empty:");
    } else {
        for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++)
            // Get filename of file or directory
            String filename = children;
          if(!filename.matches("Thumbs.DB")){
          System.out.println("filename:"+filename);
if(test1.isDirectory()){
System.out.println("filename:");
boolean delete_dir=test1.delete();
System.out.println("delete_dir:"+delete_dir);
Thanks,
R.Ramesh.

Answer 1

I tried it ,
pls go thru the following change in my code
import java.io.*;
class ListFiles
public static void main(String args[])
     String path="C:/Documents and Settings/Desktop/IPLIT/Art/Notes";
     File test1 = new File(path);
     String[] children = test1.list();
         if (children == null) {
          boolean delete_dir=test1.delete();
          System.out.println("delete_dir:"+delete_dir);
          System.out.println("dir empty:");
     else {
             for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++)
                      String filename = children;
                    if(!filename.matches("Thumbs.DB")){
                    File test2 = new File(path);
I checked the folder its empty but still its not getting deleted
Message was edited by:
rameshr