From: ChrisH <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2006-10-17T02:05:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Test if Directory is Empty

lroland@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I browsed through the FileUtils and Dir documentation and found no
> obvious way to test if a directory exists and is empty. Various hacks
> can be used (like checking file count and size, testing if the
> directory can be deleted..) but they all left me wondering if i some
> how missed a Dir.isEmpty? like method ?
>
> So in short is there a real Ruby way of telling whether a directory if
> empty
>
>
> --
> Lars Roland

You could try:

class Dir
   def Dir.isEmpty?(path)
      Dir.entries(path) == [".", ".."]
   end
end

Cheers
Chris