Topic: delete empty folders

[David Hall]

Is there a way using .Net to delete empty folders?  I can't seem to find a method for checking, so it must be something so obvious I just dont see it.  Also, Thumbs.db, being a system file is giving me trouble, any ideas for that?

[Chuck Gabriel]

Two static functions:

System.IO.Directory.Delete(string)
System.IO.File.SetAttributes(string, System.IO.FileAttributes)

[Glenn R]

Here's one way:

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DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\DeleteMe");

            FileInfo[] fileList = di.GetFiles(@"C:\DeleteMe");

            if (fileList == null)
            {
                // safe to delete
                di.Delete();
            }
            else
            {
                // do something here to examine list of returned files...
            }

that's very quick and off the top of my head David...

[Glenn R]

Two static functions:

System.IO.Directory.Delete(string)
System.IO.File.SetAttributes(string, System.IO.FileAttributes)

Hehe Chuck beat me to it....

[David Hall]

thanks guys!  I knew it would be something simple.  Now to see what I can build.