--- trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/01/13 23:16:36	1652
+++ trunk/mage/usr/lib/mage/mage4.functions.sh	2012/01/13 23:17:40	1653
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@
 	return "${retval}"
 }
 
+mcheckemptydir()
+{
+	local dir="$1"
+	local retval=1
+
+	if [[ ! -d ${dir} ]]
+	then
+		echo "mcheckemptydir(): '${dir}' is not a directory!"
+		retval=3
+	else
+		shopt -s nullglob dotglob
+		files=( ${dir}/* )
+		(( ${#files[*]} )) || retval=0
+		shopt -u nullglob dotglob
+	fi
+
+	return ${retval}
+}
+
 unpack_packages()
 {
 	local list="$@"