How to quickly check if folder is empty (.NET)?

Question

I have to check, if directory on disk is empty. It means, that it does not contain any folders/files. I know, that there is a simple method. We get array of FileSystemInfo\'

Answer 1

There is a new feature in Directory and DirectoryInfo in .NET 4 that allows them to return an IEnumerable instead of an array, and start returning results before reading all the directory contents.

• What's New in the BCL in .NET 4 Beta 1
• Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries method overloads

public bool IsDirectoryEmpty(string path)
{
    IEnumerable items = Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(path);
    using (IEnumerator en = items.GetEnumerator())
    {
        return !en.MoveNext();
    }
}

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EDIT: seeing that answer again, I realize this code can be made much simpler...

public bool IsDirectoryEmpty(string path)
{
    return !Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(path).Any();
}