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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:05:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: Test for an empty directory that could be very large if it is not empty?
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On 2014-08-07 07:54, Roy Smith wrote:
> I wonder if glob.iglob('*') might help here?

My glob.iglob() uses os.listdir() behind the scenes (see glob1() in
glob.py)

-tkc