check if spoole directoty is epmty

[Giles Coochey]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> i try to check printer and mail spooldirectories.
> My idea = if the directories are empty printig and mailing is working.
> 
> The problem is how to check if a directory is empty.
> 
> I found the plugin file_age but that seemsto need a named 
> file or am I wrong with this?
> 
> 
> Thanks for hints.
> 

Why not check the output of:

ls -1 | wc -l

Should return number of files in a folder.

Thanks

Giles

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