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Hi all,

I want to run an OS command from my Java code. Basically I want to delete an unknown number of file from a particular directory from my Java code (in windows). But the way "del *.*" commnad works it prompts you whether you want to delete it or not. How can I delete those temp files without answering "y"es to the prompt from my code?

Please advise...

Here's what I tried:
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  1.     private String destDir = "C:\\temp\\";
  2.     ....
  3.     private void deleteFiles() {
  4.         try {
  5.             Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("del " + destDir + "*.*");
  6.         } catch (IOException e) {
  7.             logger.debug("Can't delete: " + e.getMessage() );
  8.         }
  9.     }

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Why do you need to run the OS command instead of using File.delete()?
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral View Post
Why do you need to run the OS command instead of using File.delete()?

Thanks again for the help. :-)
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