How do I tell when a directory is empty in a script?

[Rodney Volz]

In article <1991Apr18.054735.6733 at metapro.DIALix.oz.au> bernie at metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:
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>rmdir $dir && mkdir $dir || echo $dir not empty 1>&2

What about permissions?

-Rodney
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