if err != nil {
			return false
		}
		return len(entries) == 0
	}
	var stat syscall.Stat_t
	if err := syscall.Stat(dirname, &stat); err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return stat.Mode&syscall.S_IFMT == syscall.S_IFDIR && stat.Nlink == 2

	// but these seem to be the values agreed on by tools.
	s_IFMT   = 0xf000
	s_IFSOCK = 0xc000
	s_IFLNK  = 0xa000
	s_IFREG  = 0x8000
	s_IFBLK  = 0x6000
	s_IFDIR  = 0x4000
	s_IFCHR  = 0x2000
	s_IFIFO  = 0x1000
	s_ISUID  = 0x800
	s_ISGID  = 0x400
	s_ISVTX  = 0x200

	msdosDir      = 0x10
	msdosReadOnly = 0x01
)