Question

I am trying to delete a file on a NFS drive.

I have had other problems manipulating files on remote drives such as moving a file – however i got around it by not using the conventional method i.e renameFile but instead properly using input and output streams.

However using the File.delete() returns false , and I have heard suggestions on using the apache commons io FileUtils class – however it just throws an IO exception.

Does anybody have any suggestions on a way to delete a file on a network mounted drive using java?

Answer 1

I fixed it.

I hadnt close a previous buffered reader – meaning the delete couldnt get a lock on the file!