finding out if a directory is empty in C program (was Re: How do I tell when a directory is empty in a script?)

[J.T. Conklin]

In article <1991Apr25.223540.19303 at athena.mit.edu> jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>And if you have a system that doesn't have opendir() or something like it,
>instead forcing you to open and read the directory file directly, then you
>should find your vendor and shoot him.

And then obtain a copy of Doug Gwyn's dirent library and use it instead
of opening and reading the directory directly.  

In my opinion it is far easier to maintain a "portability library" of
routines that standardize non-standard machines than it is to maintain
baseline code with twisty mazes of #ifdefs.

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