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PathIsDirectoryEmpty function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Determines whether a specified path is an empty directory.

Syntax

BOOL PathIsDirectoryEmpty(
  __in  LPCTSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

pszPath [in]

Type: LPCTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be tested.

Return value

Type: BOOL

Returns TRUE if pszPath is an empty directory. Returns FALSE if pszPath is not a directory, or if it contains at least one file other than "." or "..".

Remarks

"C:\" is considered a directory.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server

Header

Shlwapi.h

Library

Shlwapi.lib

DLL

Shlwapi.dll (version 5.0 or later)

Unicode and ANSI names

PathIsDirectoryEmptyW (Unicode) and PathIsDirectoryEmptyA (ANSI)

See also

PathIsDirectory

 

 

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