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isemptydir

Purpose
Check whether a path is an empty directory.
Synopsis
function isemptydir(path:text):boolean
Argument
path 
Path name to process.
Return value
true if the path is an empty directory.
Example 
 checkfile("newdir/subdir/myfile.txt")
   ! -> MKPATH newdir/subdir
 writeln(isemptydir("newdir/subdir"))           ! Output: true
 writeln(issubdir("newdir/subdir","newdir"))    ! Output: true
 writeln(issubdir("subdir","newdir"))           ! Output: false
 cp("myfile.txt", "newdir/subdir/")
   ! -> CP myfile.txt newdir/subdir/myfile.txt
 writeln(isemptydir("newdir/subdir"))           ! Output: false
 cleanfiles("-f", "newdir/subdir/myfile.txt")   ! -f: Forced deletion of file
   ! -> RM newdir/subdir/myfile.txt
   ! -> RMDIR newdir/subdir
   ! -> RMDIR newdir
 writeln(isemptydir("newdir/subdir"))           ! Output: false
Further information
The function will also return false if the path is a file or a non-empty directory.
Related topics
isdir, issubdir

Parent Topic Subroutines

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