Re: [Haskell-cafe] Test if a file is empty or stat in haskell

5 Mar 2009

      On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:15:03PM +0100, Daniel Fischer wrote:
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Am Donnerstag, 5. März 2009 19:56 schrieb Anish Muttreja:
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I am looking for a way to test if a file is empty.
Something like isFileEmpty along the lines of
System.Directory.doesFileExist?
If you're on a *nixy OS, 
System.Posix.Files
getFileStatus, fileSize ...
Great, thanks.
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dunno if Windows has similar functionality.
I am on Linux. BTW, Hoogle does not seem to  know about 
System.Posix.Files, though it did point me to System.IO.FileSize
which would also have served the purpose.

http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/?hoogle=fileSize

Thanks,
Anish
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A function that wraps stat would also serve the purpose.
I get the feeling that someone must have felt the need for this before
me, but Google search not yield anything, hence the question.
Thanks!
Anish