11-09-2005
Help identifying empty directories
Is there a way you can identify directories that are empty? I do not need to remove them, I just need to identify them below a cetain path.
I have tried the following already and it returned everything for some reason.
#!/bin/sh
[ $# -lt 1 ] && set -- .
find "$@" -type d -depth -print > dir.txt |
while read dir
do
[ `ls "$dir" | wc -l` -lt 1 ] || continue
echo >&2 "$0: found empty directory: $dir"
# rmdir "$dir" || exit $?
done
exit 0
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remove(3C) Standard C Library Functions remove(3C)
NAME
remove - remove file
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int remove(const char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The remove() function causes the file or empty directory whose name is the string pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that
name. A subsequent attempt to open that file using that name will fail, unless the file is created anew.
For files, remove() is identical to unlink(). For directories, remove() is identical to rmdir().
See rmdir(2) and unlink(2) for a detailed list of failure conditions.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, remove() returns 0. Otherwise, it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate an error.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
rmdir(2), unlink(2), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.10 14 Aug 2002 remove(3C)