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Deleting all files and subdirectories

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This (almost) one-liner cascades into all subdirectories and deletes the files first, then the directories. Makes deleting a directory really easy. This was originally posted by John Wilson into the Groovy user list.

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  1. def c
  2. c = {println "Dir ${it.canonicalPath}"; it.eachDir(c); it.eachFile{println "File ${it.canonicalPath}"; it.delete()}}
  3. c new File("test")

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