checkdir.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
)

// checkDirEmpty - check if "dir" exists and is an empty directory.
// Returns an *os.PathError if Stat() on the path fails.
func checkDirEmpty(dir string) error {
	err := checkDir(dir)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	entries, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if len(entries) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	return fmt.Errorf("directory %s not empty", dir)
}

// checkDir - check if "dir" exists and is a directory
func checkDir(dir string) error {
	fi, err := os.Stat(dir)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if !fi.IsDir() {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a directory", dir)
	}
	return nil
}