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diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/file/IOHelper.java b/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/file/IOHelper.java
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a6dd05f..1cc7c02
--- a/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/file/IOHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/svjatoslav/commons/file/IOHelper.java
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * Svjatoslav Commons - shared library of common functionality.
- * Copyright ©2012-2013, Svjatoslav Agejenko, svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
+ * Copyright ©2012-2014, Svjatoslav Agejenko, svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
  * 
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * modify it under the terms of version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * or later as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
 package eu.svjatoslav.commons.file;
@@ -17,6 +17,28 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class IOHelper {
 
+	/**
+	 * Deletes files and directories recursively. WARNING!!! Follows symlinks!!!
+	 */
+	public static void deleteRecursively(final File file) throws IOException {
+		if (file.isDirectory()) {
+
+			for (final File subFile : file.listFiles())
+				deleteRecursively(subFile);
+
+			if (!file.delete())
+				throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete directory: "
+						+ file);
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (file.isFile())
+			if (!file.delete())
+				throw new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete file: "
+						+ file);
+	}
+
 	public static byte[] getFileContents(final File file)
 			throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {