empty-dir

#!/bin/sh
#
# About
# -----
# Indicate, via exit code, whether the named directory is empty.
#
#
# License
# -------
#
# Copyright (c) 2013 by Steve Kemp.  All rights reserved.
#
# This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
# the same terms as Perl itself.
#
# The LICENSE file contains the full text of the license.
#
#


#
#  Get the argument
#
dir=$1


#
#  Ensure we had an argument
# 
if [ -z "$dir" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 directory"
    exit 2;
fi

#
#  Test that the argument was a directory.
#
if [ ! -d "$dir" ]; then
    echo "$dir is not a directory"
    exit 2
fi


#
#  Now look for files and report appropriately.
#
if [ -z "$(ls -A "$dir")" ]; then
    exit 0
else    
    exit 1
fi