[solved] How to find out if file is empty without opening it? Topic is solved

[Benny-D]

Is there any way in AHK to establish if the file is empty without reading or even opening it?


EDIT:
By "empty" I mean "containing no text".
By "text" I mean "any combination of non-white-space and white-space characters that is easily seen by a user with his own eyes (for example, by looking at the flashing cursor) when he opens the file by clicking its icon".
By "file" I mean only a .txt file.
By "reading a file" and "opening a file" I mean using AHK commands FileRead or FileOpen.
(just added these edits to my original post)

[Xtra]

0 byte size

[swagfag]

i think u would have to be a bit more precise with ur definitions of "empty", "reading" and "opening it"
an "empty" file saved as UTF8 with BOM still contains the 3 byte BOM, for instance
FileGetSize "opens" the file. as does, ultimately, any function, needing to perform operations on a file

[Benny-D]

i think u would have to be a bit more precise with ur definitions of "empty", "reading" and "opening it"
an "empty" file saved as UTF8 with BOM still contains the 3 byte BOM, for instance
FileGetSize "opens" the file. as does, ultimately, any function, needing to perform operations on a file

- I see.

By "empty" I mean "containing no text".
By "text" I mean "any combination of non-white-space and white-space characters that is easily seen by a user with his own eyes (for example, by looking at the flashing cursor) when he opens the file by clicking its icon".
By "file" I mean only a .txt file.
By "reading a file" and "opening a file" I mean using AHK commands FileRead or FileOpen.

(just added these edits to my original post)

[flyingDman]

I use the following to delete 0 byte sized files:

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loop, %path%\*.*
	if A_LoopFileSize = 0
		{
		filedelete %A_LoopFileFullPath% 
		list .= A_LoopFileFullPath "`n"
		count++
		}
if !count
	count = no
msgbox %count% deleted file(s)`n%list%		

Comes in handy once in a while.