api / org.gradle.api.tasks / Delete / <init>

<init>

Delete()

Deletes files or directories. Example:

 task makePretty(type: Delete) { delete 'uglyFolder', 'uglyFile' followSymlinks = true }

Be default symlinks will not be followed when deleting files. To change this behavior call Delete#setFollowSymlinks(boolean) with true. On systems that do not support symlinks, this will have no effect.