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From: Rayne on 28 Dec 2009 05:09
Hi all,

I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2003. I have a folder with sub-folders
and files. I would like to know if there is a way to only delete the
empty folders.

For example, I have

C:\FolderA\FolderB // empty folder
C:\FolderA\FolderC
C:\FolderA\FolderD
C:\FolderA\FileE
C:\FolderA\FileF

I only want to delete FolderB. Is there a way to perhaps, get the
attributes to indicate that a particular file is actually a folder,
then go into the folder to see if there are any files in it?

Thank you.

Regards,
Rayne
From: Alex Blekhman on 28 Dec 2009 05:58
"Rayne" wrote:
> Is there a way to perhaps, get the attributes to indicate that a
> particular file is actually a folder,

Well, there is GetFileAttributes[Ex] function.

> then go into the folder to see if there are any files in it?

You can use FindFirstFile, FindNextFile in order to enumerate
folder's contents.

HTH
Alex

From: Igor Tandetnik on 28 Dec 2009 10:30
Alex Blekhman wrote:
> "Rayne" wrote:
>> Is there a way to perhaps, get the attributes to indicate that a
>> particular file is actually a folder,
>
> Well, there is GetFileAttributes[Ex] function.
>
>> then go into the folder to see if there are any files in it?
>
> You can use FindFirstFile, FindNextFile in order to enumerate
> folder's contents.

Or, you can just go ahead and call RemoveDirectory. The call will fail if the path doesn't specify a directory, or if the directory is not empty.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

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