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From: rvp@softserver.canberra.edu.au (Rey Paulo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I tell when a directory is empty in a script?
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.022029.5476@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Date: 25 Apr 91 02:20:29 GMT
References: <900@homer.UUCP> <1991Apr15.180550.14750@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1991Apr18.054735.6733@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>
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In article <1991Apr18.054735.6733@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:

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Is there any system call or library routine in UNIX which tests whether
a directory is empty?

Thanx.


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