Check if directory is empty in Ruby

Question

How can I check to see if a directory is empty or not in Ruby? Is there something like:

Dir.exists?(\"directory\")

(I know that that functi

Answer 1

Here is my template for this one.FYI , i am looking for a certain match of files inside the source.

mydir = "/home/to/mydir"

Dir.chdir(mydir)

if Dir.entries(mydir).select(|x| x != '.' && x != '..' && x =~ /\regex.txt\z/).size > 0


       do_something 

elsif Dir.entries(mydir).select(|x| x != '.' && x != '..' && x =~ /\regex.txt\z/).size < 0

      do_something_else 

else 

      puts "some warning message"
end

let me know if anything :)