Node.js: How to check if folder is empty or not with out uploading list of files

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.