Help with Simple Directory Operations

Hello,

I have a simple question. I want to first check to see if a folder exists in the working directory. If not, then I create it. I got this part to work.

But now I want to add a second check outside the above check to see if the folder is empty. What is the easiest way todo the last check ?

Thank you!

Answer 1

[per isakson]

sad = dir( folder );

any( not( [ sad.isdir ] ) )

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

files = ls('folderName');
isempty(files)

[Jan]

LS includes an expensive creation of a string, so DIR might be more direct.

Answer 3

[Jan]

if exist(fullfile(cd, 'FolderName'), 'dir') == 0
  mkdir(cd, 'FolderName');
end