Method filesystem.exists
Overload
Gets file or directory attributes as FAttr that tells whether it exists, is directory, readonly, hidden, system, NTFS link. See examples.
public static FAttr exists(string path, bool useRawPath = false)Parameters
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path (string)
Full path. Supports |
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useRawPath (bool)
Pass path to the API as it is, without any normalizing and full-path checking. |
Returns
Remarks
Supports lastError. If you need exception when fails, instead call filesystem.getAttributes and check attribute Directory.
Always use full path. If not full path: if useRawPath is false (default), can't find the file; if useRawPath is true, searches in "current directory".
For NTFS links gets attributes of the link, not of the target; does not care whether its target exists.
Examples
var path = @"C:\Test\test.txt";
if (filesystem.exists(path)) print.it("exists");
if (filesystem.exists(path).File) print.it("exists as file");
if (filesystem.exists(path).Directory) print.it("exists as directory");
if (filesystem.exists(path) is FAttr { File: true, IsReadonly: false }) print.it("exists as file and isn't readonly");
switch (filesystem.exists(path)) {
case 0: print.it("doesn't exist"); break;
case 1: print.it("file"); break;
case 2: print.it("directory"); break;
}