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in reply to -s testing for empty file; works on local, but not on remote

If it works locally, but not remotely, and you are sure the files and directories are indeed there, then it's most likely a permissions issue - ie. the remote user does not have the correct permissions to read that file or directory. This is simple to test; as the user you are running the script, run from a terminal:
$ ls -l /home/vcg/Documents/Trial/temp