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best way to test for empty dir?
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Marc Herbert |
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best way to test for empty dir? |
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:20 +0000 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) |
Hi,
Does anyone know a more elegant way to check for file existence?
Something that does not fork a subshell. And is also more readable
maybe. And is obviously not much longer.
empty_dir()
{
test "x$(echo $1/*$2)" = "x$1"'/*'"$2"
}
Warning: I find neither "noglob" nor "ls" elegant, sorry!
- best way to test for empty dir?,
Marc Herbert <=