function scandir(directory)
	local i, t, popen = 0, {}, io.popen
	local pfile = popen('ls -a "'..directory..'"')
	for filename in pfile:lines() do
		if filename ~= '.' and filename ~= '..' then
			i = i + 1
			t[i] = filename
		end
	end
	pfile:close()
	return t
end

function isemptydir(directory)
	return #scandir(directory) == 0
end