Github user afs commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/459#discussion_r209422540
--- Diff: jena-base/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/atlas/io/IO.java ---
@@ -364,4 +369,31 @@ public static String uniqueFilename(String directory,
String base, String ext) {
return null ;
}
}
+
+ /** Delete everything from a {@code Path} start point, including the
path itself.
+ * This function works on files or directories.
+ * This function does not follow symbolic links.
+ */
+ public static void deleteAll(Path start) {
--- End diff --
A symbolic link should be deleted, that is, the entry in the parent
directory is removed, and not the thing it points to. c.f. `rm`. The idea
being if you put in a symbolic link, the target may be pointed to from
elsewhere as well.
I had looked at FileUtils as well, I think it deletes the link and not the
target (it calls `File.delete`).
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