}
----

[[sec:deleting_files_example]]
== Deleting files and directories

Deleting files and directories in Gradle involves removing them from the file system.

=== Using the `Delete` task

You can easily delete files and directories using the link:{groovyDslPath}/org.gradle.api.tasks.Delete.html[Delete] task.

	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	wantDirs, err := xl.getDataDirs()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Delete all directories we expect to be there.
	for _, dir := range wantDirs {
		delete(foundDirs, dir)
	}

	// Delete excessive directories.
	// Do not abort on context errors.
	for dir := range foundDirs {
		toRemove := pathJoin(volumeDir, path, dir+SlashSeparator)

 * <code>public</code> on the server <code>storage15</code>. In addition
 * to referencing files and directories, jCIFS can also address servers,
 * and workgroups.
 * <p>
 * <font color="#800000"><i>Important: all SMB URLs that represent
 * workgroups, servers, shares, or directories require a trailing slash '/'.
 * </i></font>
 * <p>
 * When using the <tt>java.net.URL</tt> class with

			// for c:\program files.
			continue
		}
		all = append(all, p)
	}
	return all
}

// SrcDirs returns a list of package source root directories.
// It draws from the current Go root and Go path but omits directories
// that do not exist.
func (ctxt *Context) SrcDirs() []string {
	var all []string
	if ctxt.GOROOT != "" && ctxt.Compiler != "gccgo" {
		dir := ctxt.joinPath(ctxt.GOROOT, "src")

	// limited module mode.
	AutoRoot Root = iota

	// NoRoot is used for commands that run in module mode and ignore any go.mod
	// file the current directory or in parent directories.
	NoRoot

	// NeedRoot is used for commands that must run in module mode and don't
	// make sense without a main module.
	NeedRoot
)

// ModFile returns the parsed go.mod file.
//

	t, _ := t1.(*testing.T)
	testBuckets := []string{
		// This bucket is used for testing ListObject operations.
		0: "test-bucket-list-object",
		// This bucket will be tested with empty directories
		1: "test-bucket-empty-dir",
		// Will not store any objects in this bucket,
		// Its to test ListObjects on an empty bucket.
		2: "empty-bucket",
		// Listing the case where the marker > last object.

func getRandomDisks(n int) ([]string, error) {
	var erasureDisks []string
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		path, err := os.MkdirTemp(globalTestTmpDir, "minio-")
		if err != nil {
			// Remove directories created so far.
			removeRoots(erasureDisks)
			return nil, err
		}
		erasureDisks = append(erasureDisks, path)
	}
	return erasureDisks, nil
}

		return &sysDir{
			"/lib/ndb",
			[]string{
				"common",
				"local",
			},
		}
	case "wasip1":
		// wasmtime has issues resolving symbolic links that are often present
		// in directories like /etc/group below (e.g. private/etc/group on OSX).
		// For this reason we use files in the Go source tree instead.
		return &sysDir{
			runtime.GOROOT(),
			[]string{
				"go.env",
				"LICENSE",

	}
}

func removeAll(dir string) error {
	// module cache has 0444 directories;
	// make them writable in order to remove content.
	filepath.WalkDir(dir, func(path string, info fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
		// chmod not only directories, but also things that we couldn't even stat
		// due to permission errors: they may also be unreadable directories.
		if err != nil || info.IsDir() {
			os.Chmod(path, 0777)
		}

     * Provides access to methods to create various kinds of model objects.
     *
     * @since 4.0
     */
    ObjectFactory getObjects();

    /**
     * Provides access to various important directories for this project.
     *
     * @since 4.1
     */
    ProjectLayout getLayout();

    /**
     * Creates a directory and returns a file pointing to it.
     *