Node.js: How to check if folder is empty or not with out uploading list of files
directory, file, fs, node.js
Solution
How about using nodes native `fs` module http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_readdir_path_callback. It's `readdir` and `readdirSync` functions provide you with an array of all the included file names (excluding `.` and `..`). If the length is `0` then your directory is empty.
Problem
I am using `Node.js`. I want to check if folder is empty or not? One option is to use fs.readdir but it loads whole bunch of files into an array. I have more than 10000 files in the folder. Loading files name is useless just to check if folder is empty or not. So looking for alternate solution.