Re: [MacPerl] Empty Directory?

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 11.54 -0800 1999.11.27, Rob Sirota wrote:
>I am looking for an easy way to tell if a directory is empty. This
>needs to take into consideration if on a Mac there is only the icon
>file and on windows if the . and .. exist.

Use opendir/readdir.

Test the OS using $^O, and if it is MacOS, check for any file not named
"Icon\r".  For Windows or Unix, check for any file not named "." or "..".

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