--- a/src/goodjava/io/IoUtils.java	Fri Apr 17 21:53:09 2020 -0600
+++ b/src/goodjava/io/IoUtils.java	Sat Apr 18 11:02:18 2020 -0600
@@ -15,4 +15,18 @@
 	public static void delete(File file) throws IOException {
 		Files.deleteIfExists( file.toPath() );
 	}
+
+	public static boolean isSymbolicLink(File file) {
+		return Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath());
+	}
+
+	public static void deleteRecursively(File file) throws IOException {
+		if( file.isDirectory() && !isSymbolicLink(file) ) {
+			for( File f : file.listFiles() ) {
+				deleteRecursively(f);
+			}
+		}
+		delete(file);
+	}
+
 }
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