On Deleting External Files Using Java

[michael echavez]

Hi! My program, unfortunately, produces a lot of temporary text (.txt) files when executed. I need help deleting them after being used. These temporary files are used by different classes at different points in time while the main program runs. Is there a method or a function in java that could call on system commands from the Operating System (Windows xp sp2 in particular)?

[Keith Lynn]

There is a method in java.io.File that will delete files

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

You can just say

new File(theFileName).delete()

to delete a file right away, or (and this is perhaps closer to what you want) you can tell Java to clean up a file with the program quits by saying

new File(theFileName).deleteOnExit()

[michael echavez]

Thanks Ernest Friedman-Hill!!!
That was exactly what i needed, thank you so much!
Also, thank you for the hint Keith Lynn!