B4P Reference

Function Names

directory existing, file existing

Description

These functions check if the specified directory (resp. file) is existing

Call as: function

Restrictions

Indirect parameter passing is disabled

Parameter count

Parameters

No.	Type	Description
1 input	string	path and directory / file name If no path is specified, then the working directory is used.

Return value

Type	Description
boolean	Result true if specified name is existing as a directory (resp. file). false if not existing or existing as a file (resp. directory)

Examples

               echo( directory existing( "C:\Program Files" ) );

               echo( directory existing( "C:\Program Files\B4P\B4P.exe" ) );

               echo( file existing( "C:\Program Files" ) );

               echo( file existing( "C:\Program Files\B4P\B4P.exe" ) );

Output

true
false
false
true

Try it yourself: Open LIB_Function_directory_existing.b4p in B4P_Examples.zip. Decompress before use.