Check a folder if it contains anything python3

Question

I need code that's able to check a folder in the same directory as the python script if it contains either folders or files this code from How to check to see if a folder contains files using python 3 doesn't work

import os

for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk('.'):

    if files:

       print dirpath, 'Contains files or folders'

    if not files:

        print dirpath, 'Contains nothing'

The folder I'm checking is DeviceTest

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 01 '16 at 16:12

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Working

Try this code which uses OSError and aslo os.rmdir never directory which are not empty.So we can use this exception to solve the problem

import os
dir_name = "DeviceTest"
try:
    os.rmdir(dir_name)
except OSError as exception_name:
    if exception_name.errno == errno.ENOTEMPTY:
        print("Directory contains files")
    else:
        print("Directory don't contain files and is empty")

Simple solution

import os
dir_name = "DeviceTest"
if os.listdir(dir_name) == []:
    print("Empty")

edited Dec 01 '16 at 16:12

Sebastian

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answered Jun 19 '16 at 13:43

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does this check the current directory or do I have to change the directory to check it? – JJLongOne Jun 19 '16 at 13:50
goto the root and it will check if it is empty or not,if you want to check all folders in a given folder you can walk through the entire directories – SaiKiran Jun 19 '16 at 13:51
could you edit your code to have it check DeviceTest in the current directory – JJLongOne Jun 19 '16 at 14:03
What exactly is DeviceTest,is it a filename or sub-directory? – SaiKiran Jun 19 '16 at 14:05
Its a directory in the working directory I want to check it, if it contains anything eg files or folders – JJLongOne Jun 19 '16 at 14:08
NameError: name 'errno' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred Also this is python3 – JJLongOne Jun 19 '16 at 14:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '17 at 21:10

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for path, dirs, files in os.walk(folder): 
        if (files) or (dirs):
            print("NOT EMPTY: " + str(path))
        if (not files) and (not dirs):
            print("EMPTY    : " + str(path))

answered Sep 29 '17 at 21:10

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Check a folder if it contains anything python3

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