File.delete returns false.

[dmjpro]

File l_file = new File(path);
System.out.println(l_file.exists()); //returns true
System.out.println(l_file.delete()); //returns false

How does this happen? Could anyone explain?

[jkmyoung]

Do you have permissions to delete the file? Someone else may have the file open.

[dmjpro]

Then i think program would have an security exception or IO exception.Is not it?

[Dheeraj Joshi]

Is this file being used by somebody else or some other processes?

Regards
Dheeraj Joshi

[dmjpro]

Ok. tell me one thing when File.deleted throws Exception and when returns false?

[jkmyoung]

It could also be that the path you are pointing to is a non-empty directory.

I 'think' you only get a SecurityExcepti on if you don't have permissions to delete the file, but just false for most other situations.