On Monday 31 March 2003 20:40, Jason Giangrande wrote: > Does anyone know how to check if a directory is empty? I tried the > following: > if [ -d "/dir/to/remove" -a ! -s "/dir/to/remove" ]; then > echo "Removing /dir/to/remove directory." > rmdir /dir/to/remove > else > echo "Directory /dir/to/remove is not empty." > fi > Even if the directory (in this example "remove") is empty (has no other > files or folders) the else statement runs, which means the directory > does not get removed. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
rm <some_directory> doesn't remove the dir unless its empty... Arnold -- Hi, I am a .signature virus. Please copy me into your ~/.signature and send me to all your contacts. After a month or so log in as root and do a rm / -rf. Or ask your administrator to do so...
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