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

[Anish Muttreja]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 08:15:03PM +0100, Daniel Fischer wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 5. März 2009 19:56 schrieb Anish Muttreja:
> > 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. 

> 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

> 
> >
> > 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
>