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

I'm sure the other answers are faster, and your question asked for whether or not a folder contained files or folders... but I'd think most of the time people would consider a directory empty if it contains no files. ie It's still "empty" to me if it contains empty subdirectories... this may not fit for your usage, but may for others!

  public bool DirectoryIsEmpty(string path)
  {
    int fileCount = Directory.GetFiles(path).Length;
    if (fileCount > 0)
    {
        return false;
    }

    string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(path);
    foreach (string dir in dirs)
    {
      if (! DirectoryIsEmpty(dir))
      {
        return false;
      }
    }

    return true;
  }