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Asked: 2026-05-24T12:07:55+00:00

I would like to delete a directory if and only if it contains no

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I would like to delete a directory if and only if it contains no files.

I’m currently checking for 0 file system entries within the directory then deleting right away, but that leaves an edge case that I would like to avoid. Something like locking the directory seems to be the way. Most filesystems probably don’t offer this feature, but maybe there is some workaround?

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  1. Editorial Team

    When you use Directory.Delete(String) it will throw an IOException when your specified directory is not empty.

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