Modern Fs IsDir

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IsDir

Returns true if the path is a folder, following links; false if it cannot tell.

Syntax

IsDir( p )

Notes

• boolean -- follows links

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

dim td as FsResultUStr = CreateTempDir( "fbdoc" )
dim as ustring dir_ = td.Value( )
dim as ustring p = PathJoin( dir_, "f.txt" )
WriteAllText( p, "hello" )

print IsDir( dir_ )          '' true
print IsDir( p )             '' false
print IsDir( PathJoin( dir_, "nope" ) )          '' false

'' Follows symlinks, like IsFile

RemoveDirAll( dir_ )

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
Documented under: Metadata