## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Søren Hauberg
## Copyright (C) 2010 VZLU Prague, a.s.
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{emp} =} dirempty (@var{nm}, @var{ign})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

function emp = dirempty (nm, ign)
  if (exist (nm, "dir"))
    if (nargin < 2)
      ign = {".", ".."};
    else
      ign = [{".", ".."}, ign];
    endif
    l = dir (nm);
    for i = 1:length (l)
      found = false;
      for j = 1:length (ign)
        if (strcmp (l(i).name, ign{j}))
          found = true;
          break;
        endif
      endfor
      if (! found)
        emp = false;
        return;
      endif
    endfor
    emp = true;
  else
    emp = true;
  endif
endfunction