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

Answer 1

Just like to add that there's a node module extfs which can be used to check if a directory is empty using the function isEmpty() as shown by the code snippet below:

var fs = require('extfs');

fs.isEmpty('/home/myFolder', function (empty) {
  console.log(empty);
});

Check out the link for documentation regarding the synchronous version of this function.