How to delete a file in java

Question

Hi,
I have a log file and this log file should be deleted when user clicks on a menu option.
Intially this file is opened using buffered reader as follows
BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(logFilePath)) log file is read and some logic goes here.
then buffered reader is closed as follows.
finally {
                try {
                  if (in!= null) {
                    //flush and close both "input" and its underlying FileReader
                    System.out.println("Stream has been closed");      
                    in.close();
                catch (IOException ex) {
                  ex.printStackTrace();
              }then when the user tries to delete the file, it's saying that the file can't be deleted.
Is there any problem in closing the file before deleting the file?
Can any one suggest me a way to do this.
Thanks

Answer 1

You haven't closed the file reader, you only closed
the buffered reader.
Try this...
regards,
Owen
FileReader fr = new FileReader(logFilePath);
BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader(fr)
// do stuff...
in.close();
fr.close()
No, that is not required. Closing the outer reader (BufferedReader) also closes the reader that it is wrapping (the FileReader).