Deleting locked files with Java?

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Published on 2010-05-21T20:39:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 20:40 UTC
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We have to delete some directories and their contents using Java running on Windows.

I was worried about running into the directory files being locked.

We could just invoke Unlocker to do the delete. Or is there a more Java centric way to handle this situation?

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