DirectoryExists

Determines whether a directory exists

Method Signature

DirectoryExists(path=[string], allowRealPath=[boolean])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
path	string	true	The directory path
allowRealPath	boolean	true	Whether to allow an absolute path as the path argument	true

Examples

Script Syntax

Checking if a directory called 'icons' exists and then creating the directory if it does not exist.

Run Example

if( !directoryExists( expandPath( "/assets/img/icons" ) ) ) {
	directoryCreate( "assets/img/icons" );
}

Result: The directory 'icons' will be created under the img folder.

Additional Examples

Run Example

directoryExists( "directoryPath" );

Result: false

Related

• ContractPath

• CreateTempDirectory

• CreateTempFile

• DirectoryCopy

• DirectoryCreate

• DirectoryDelete

• DirectoryList

• DirectoryMove

• DirectoryRename

• ExpandPath

• FileAppend

• FileClose

• FileCopy

• FileDelete

• FileExists

• FileGetMimeType

• FileInfo

• FileIsEOF

• FileMove

• FileOpen

• FileRead

• FileReadBinary

• FileReadLine

• FileSeek

• FileSetAccessMode

• FileSetAttribute

• FileSetLastModified

• FileSkipBytes

• FileWrite

• FileWriteLine

• GetCanonicalPath

• GetDirectoryFromPath

• GetFileInfo

• getTempFile