Re: [PD] Testing whether a directory is empty without printing error messages if it is

Try using the [hcs/stat] object.

.hc

On Jun 20, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Ingo wrote:

You could first write any kind of file into the directory first.
Then get the directory content but ignore the file you just wrote - maybe
even delete it afterwards.

Ingo

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Auftrag von Matteo Sisti Sette Gesendet: Montag, 20. Juni 2011 18:37 An: PD-List Betreff: [PD] Testing whether a directory is empty without printing
error messages if it is

Hi,

I'm using [folder_list] to perform the following tasks:

• check whether a directory or file exists
• get the list of files in a directory (which is an empty list if the

directory is empty)

However, when the file does not exist or the directory of which I'm getting the list is empty, it prints an error message on the console. The test works, but I need to avoid printing error messages when
there's no error to worry about.

Is there another way of getting a directory list without printing an error message to the console if the list is empty?

Thanks m.

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