---
title: directoryEntryCount
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/urlresourcevalues/directoryentrycount
---

# directoryEntryCount

The count of file system objects in the directory.

## Declaration

```swift
var directoryEntryCount: Int? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This value is a count of objects that are actually in the file system, so it excludes virtual items like “.” and “..”. This property is useful for quickly identifying an empty directory for backup and syncing. If the URL isn’t a directory, or the file system can’t cheaply compute the value, the value is nil. Not all file systems can provide this information.

## See Also

### Directory values

- [isDirectory](foundation/urlresourcevalues/isdirectory.md)