Package: moreutils Version: 0.16 Severity: wishlist Hi, Testing a directory to be empty in bash is hackish, see http://wooledge.org/mywiki/BashFaq#head-6ec77504553115e8518271d0d319e27148634f19
The cleanest way probably is if [ -z "$(ls -A "$dir")" ]; then fi Maybe we should add a small utility which does test this in a sane way. if dirempty "$dir"; then fi -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.7 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages moreutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction moreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
