[PD] Testing whether a directory is empty without printing error messages if it is

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Try using the [hcs/stat] object.

.hc

On Jun 20, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Ingo wrote:

> You could first write any kind of file into the directory first.  
> Then get
> the directory content but ignore the file you just wrote - maybe  
> even delete
> it afterwards.
>
> Ingo
>
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> Betreff: [PD] Testing whether a directory is empty without printing  
> error
> messages if it is
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using [folder_list] to perform the following tasks:
> - check whether a directory or file exists
> - get the list of files in a directory (which is an empty list if the
> directory is empty)
>
> However, when the file does not exist or the directory of which I'm
> getting the list is empty, it prints an error message on the console.
> The test works, but I need to avoid printing error messages when  
> there's
> no error to worry about.
>
> Is there another way of getting a directory list without printing an
> error message to the console if the list is empty?
>
> Thanks
> m.
>
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