--- loncom/interface/portfolio.pm	2004/09/10 20:31:35	1.44
+++ loncom/interface/portfolio.pm	2004/09/10 20:48:33	1.45
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sub display_directory {
 	      &Apache::lonhtmlcommon::select_recent('portfolio','currentpath',
 						    'this.form.submit();'));
     $r->print("</form>");
-    if ($is_empty) {
+    if ($is_empty && ($current_path ne '/')) {
         $displayOut = '<form method="post" action="/adm/portfolio">'.
         '<input type="hidden" name="action" value="deletedir" />'.
         '<input type="submit" name="deletedir" value="'.&mt("Delete Directory").'" />'.
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ sub handler {
 	my @dir_list=&Apache::lonnet::dirlist($current_path,
 					    $ENV{'user.domain'},
 					    $ENV{'user.name'},$portfolio_root);
-    if (@dir_list[0] eq 'no_such_dir'){
+    if ($dir_list[0] eq 'no_such_dir'){
         # two main reasons for this: 1) never been here, so directory structure not created
         #                            2) back-button navigation after deleting a directory
         if ($current_path eq '/'){