How to delete an empty directory (or the directory with all contents recursively) in gradle?

Question

I can't figure out how to delete all contents of a directory.

For cleaning out a directory, I want to remove all files and directories inside it: I want to wipe everything there is inside (files and directories).

I tried this with the delete task, but I can't figure out to make it also remove directories and not just files. I've tried different ways to specify the directories, but nothing works.

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type:Delete) {     delete fileTree('src').include('**/*') } 

.

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type:Delete) {     delete fileTree('src').include('/') } 

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task deleteGraphicsAssets(type:Delete) {     delete fileTree('src').include('*') } 

Any help appreciated!

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Edit:

This works - yet it seems a bit like a hack.

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {     def dirName = "src"     delete dirName      doLast {         file(dirName).mkdirs()     } } 

I was looking for something like:

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {     deleteContentsOfDirectory "src" } 

or

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {     delete {dir : "src", keepRoot : true } } 

Answer 1

To delete the src directory and all its contents:

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {     delete "src" } 

Answer 2

Following will delete all content from the src folder but leaves the folder itself untouched:

task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {     def dirName = "src"      file( dirName ).list().each{         f ->              delete "${dirName}/${f}"     } }