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FileSystemProvider.DeleteIfExists(IPath) Method

Definition

Deletes a file if it exists.

[Android.Runtime.Register("deleteIfExists", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Z", "GetDeleteIfExists_Ljava_nio_file_Path_Handler", ApiSince=26)]
public virtual bool DeleteIfExists (Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath? path);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("deleteIfExists", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Z", "GetDeleteIfExists_Ljava_nio_file_Path_Handler", ApiSince=26)>]
abstract member DeleteIfExists : Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath -> bool
override this.DeleteIfExists : Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath -> bool

Parameters

path
IPath

the path to the file to delete

Returns

true if the file was deleted by this method; false if the file could not be deleted because it did not exist

Attributes

Remarks

Deletes a file if it exists. This method works in exactly the manner specified by the Files#deleteIfExists method.

The default implementation of this method simply invokes #delete ignoring the NoSuchFileException when the file does not exist. It may be overridden where appropriate.

Java documentation for java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.deleteIfExists(java.nio.file.Path).

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Applies to