deleting entire folder including all the files inside

Question

The following is what i have when i try to delete a folder:

namespace sortfolder
{
    class Program
    {
        static string path = "C:\\Work\\6.70_Extensions\\NightlyBuild\\";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var di = new DirectoryInfo("C:\\Work\\6.70_Extensions\\NightlyBuild");

            foreach (var file in di.GetFiles("*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
                file.Attributes &= ~FileAttributes.ReadOnly;

            var files = Directory.GetDirectories(path, "SASE Lab Tools.*");
            foreach(var file in files)
            Console.WriteLine(file);
            foreach(var file in files.OrderByDescending(x=>x).Skip(7))
            Console.WriteLine(file);
            foreach(var file in files.OrderByDescending(x=>x).Skip(7))
            Directory.Delete(file);
        }
    }
}

As mentioned in the title, i would like to delete this folder along with all its content. How do i go about doing it? Apparently i have IOException @ Directory.Delete(file) as it contains files

Did you check the overload for Directory.Delete http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fxeahc5f.aspx — Brian Rasmussen, May 18 '11 at 10:05
Duplicate, see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/925192/recursive-delete-of-files-and-directories-in-c — Dariusz, May 18 '11 at 10:09

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '11 at 10:05

3

Directory.Delete has a second parameter which takes a bool = recrusive. Use that overload instead.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fxeahc5f.aspx

answered May 18 '11 at 10:05

Aamir

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Amit · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-18T10:17:47.457

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You missing true Directory.Delete(file,true);
For example

public static void Main() 
    {
        string path = @"c:\MyDir\temp";
        try 
        {
            Directory.Delete(path, true);
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        } 
        finally {}
    }

edited May 18 '11 at 10:17

answered May 18 '11 at 10:12

Amit

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What's up with the empty finally block? – Brian Rasmussen May 19 '11 at 10:51

deleting entire folder including all the files inside

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