Most efficient way to check if a file is empty in Java on Windows

Question

I am trying to check if a log file is empty (meaning no errors) or not, in Java, on Windows. I have tried using 2 methods so far.

Method 1 (Failure)

Answer 1

The idea of your first snippet is right. You probably meant to check iByteCount == -1: whether the file has at least one byte:

if (iByteCount == -1)  
    System.out.println("NO ERRORS!");
else
    System.out.println("SOME ERRORS!");