What's the syntax to check if a local folder exists?

[Björnke von Gierke]

You got lots of responses about wether a folder exists, but to check if a folder does not contain files ("is empty") one has to do a rather complex script:

function folderIsEmpty theValidPath
  set the defaultFolder to theValidPath
  put the files into theList
  filter theList without ".*"
  if the number of words in theList <= 0 then
    return "empty"
  end if
end folderIsEmpty

Maybe there's additional problems with invisible and hidden files on windows?

Cheers
Björnke

On 7 Jun 2011, at 16:16, Keith Clarke wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I've tried to check if a folder 'is empty' or 'is not true' but I'm obviously missing the magic word - and I know it's not 'please', as LiveCode ignores all my pleading! ;-)
> Why do I get the feeling it's another one of those 'obvious as soon as you know it' things(?)
> Best,
> Keith..  
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