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deleteExisting

Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.5), JRE7 (1.5)
fun Path.deleteExisting()

Deletes the existing file or empty directory specified by this path.

Exceptions

NoSuchFileException - if the file or directory does not exist.

DirectoryNotEmptyException - if the directory exists but is not empty.

See Also

Files.delete

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