Check that file exists
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
- Task
Verify that a file called input.txt and a directory called docs exist.
This should be done twice:
- once for the current working directory, and
- once for a file and a directory in the filesystem root.
Optional criteria (May 2015): verify it works with:
- zero-length files
- an unusual filename: `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt
11l
<lang 11l>fs:is_file(‘input.txt’) fs:is_file(‘/input.txt’) fs:is_dir(‘docs’) fs:is_dir(‘/docs’)</lang>
AArch64 Assembly
<lang AArch64 Assembly> /* ARM assembly AARCH64 Raspberry PI 3B */ /* program verifFic64.s */
/*******************************************/ /* Constantes file */ /*******************************************/ /* for this file see task include a file in language AArch64 assembly*/ .include "../includeConstantesARM64.inc" .equ CHDIR, 49 .equ AT_FDCWD, -100
/*******************************************/ /* Initialized data */ /*******************************************/ .data szMessFound1: .asciz "File 1 found.\n" szMessFound2: .asciz "File 2 found.\n" szMessNotFound1: .asciz "File 1 not found.\n" szMessNotFound2: .asciz "File 2 not found.\n" szMessDir2: .asciz "File 2 is a directory.\n" szMessNotAuth2: .asciz "File 2 permission denied.\n" szCarriageReturn: .asciz "\n"
/* areas strings */ szPath2: .asciz "/" szFicName1: .asciz "test1.txt" szFicName2: .asciz "root"
/*******************************************/ /* UnInitialized data */ /*******************************************/ .bss /*******************************************/ /* code section */ /*******************************************/ .text .global main main: // entry of program
/*************************************
open file 1
************************************/
mov x0,AT_FDCWD // current directory
ldr x1,qAdrszFicName1 // file name
mov x2,#O_RDWR // flags
mov x3,#0 // mode
mov x8, #OPEN // call system OPEN
svc 0
cmp x0,#0 // error ?
ble 1f
mov x1,x0 // FD
ldr x0,qAdrszMessFound1
bl affichageMess
// close file
mov x0,x1 // Fd
mov x8, #CLOSE
svc 0
b 2f
1:
ldr x0,qAdrszMessNotFound1 bl affichageMess
2:
/*************************************
open file 2
************************************/
ldr x0,qAdrszPath2
mov x8,CHDIR // call system change directory
svc 0
mov x0,AT_FDCWD // current directory
ldr x1,qAdrszFicName2 // file name
mov x2,O_RDWR // flags
mov x3,0 // mode
mov x8,OPEN // call system OPEN
svc 0
cmp x0,-21 // is a directory ?
beq 4f
cmp x0,0 // error ?
ble 3f
mov x1,x0 // FD
ldr x0,qAdrszMessFound2
bl affichageMess
// close file
mov x0,x1 // Fd
mov x8, #CLOSE
svc 0
b 100f
3:
ldr x0,qAdrszMessNotFound2 bl affichageMess b 100f
4:
ldr x0,qAdrszMessDir2 bl affichageMess
100: // standard end of the program
mov x0,0 // return code mov x8,EXIT // request to exit program svc 0 // perform the system call
qAdrszFicName1: .quad szFicName1 qAdrszFicName2: .quad szFicName2 qAdrszMessFound1: .quad szMessFound1 qAdrszMessFound2: .quad szMessFound2 qAdrszMessNotFound1: .quad szMessNotFound1 qAdrszMessNotFound2: .quad szMessNotFound2 qAdrszMessNotAuth2: .quad szMessNotAuth2 qAdrszPath2: .quad szPath2 qAdrszMessDir2: .quad szMessDir2 /********************************************************/ /* File Include fonctions */ /********************************************************/ /* for this file see task include a file in language AArch64 assembly */ .include "../includeARM64.inc" </lang>
Ada
This example should work with any Ada 95 compiler. <lang ada>with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
procedure File_Exists is
function Does_File_Exist (Name : String) return Boolean is
The_File : Ada.Text_IO.File_Type;
begin
Open (The_File, In_File, Name);
Close (The_File);
return True;
exception
when Name_Error =>
return False;
end Does_File_Exist;
begin
Put_Line (Boolean'Image (Does_File_Exist ("input.txt" )));
Put_Line (Boolean'Image (Does_File_Exist ("\input.txt")));
end File_Exists;</lang> This example should work with any Ada 2005 compiler. <lang ada>with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO; with Ada.Directories; use Ada.Directories;
procedure File_Exists is
procedure Print_File_Exist (Name : String) is
begin
Put_Line ("Does " & Name & " exist? " &
Boolean'Image (Exists (Name)));
end Print_File_Exist;
procedure Print_Dir_Exist (Name : String) is
begin
Put_Line ("Does directory " & Name & " exist? " &
Boolean'Image (Exists (Name) and then Kind (Name) = Directory));
end Print_Dir_Exist;
begin
Print_File_Exist ("input.txt" );
Print_File_Exist ("/input.txt");
Print_Dir_Exist ("docs");
Print_Dir_Exist ("/docs");
end File_Exists;</lang>
Aikido
The stat function returns a System.Stat object for an existing file or directory, or null if it can't be found.
<lang aikido>
function exists (filename) {
return stat (filename) != null
}
exists ("input.txt") exists ("/input.txt") exists ("docs") exists ("/docs")
</lang>
ALGOL 68
Uses the Algol 68G specific "file is directory" procedure to test for the existence of directories. <lang algol68># Check files and directories exist #
- check a file exists by attempting to open it for input #
- returns TRUE if the file exists, FALSE otherwise #
PROC file exists = ( STRING file name )BOOL:
IF FILE f;
open( f, file name, stand in channel ) = 0
THEN
# file opened OK so must exist #
close( f );
TRUE
ELSE
# file cannot be opened - assume it does not exist #
FALSE
FI # file exists # ;
- print a suitable messages if the specified file exists #
PROC test file exists = ( STRING name )VOID:
print( ( "file: "
, name
, IF file exists( name ) THEN " does" ELSE " does not" FI
, " exist"
, newline
)
);
- print a suitable messages if the specified directory exists #
PROC test directory exists = ( STRING name )VOID:
print( ( "dir: "
, name
, IF file is directory( name ) THEN " does" ELSE " does not" FI
, " exist"
, newline
)
);
- test the flies and directories mentioned in the task exist or not #
test file exists( "input.txt" ); test file exists( "\input.txt"); test directory exists( "docs" ); test directory exists( "\docs" )</lang>
AppleScript
(macOS JavaScript for Automation) <lang AppleScript>use framework "Foundation" -- YOSEMITE OS X onwards use scripting additions
on run
setCurrentDirectory("~/Desktop")
ap({doesFileExist, doesDirectoryExist}, ¬
{"input.txt", "/input.txt", "docs", "/docs"})
--> {true, true, true, true, false, false, true, true}
-- The first four booleans are returned by `doesFileExist`.
-- The last four are returned by `doesDirectoryExist`,
-- which yields false for simple files, and true for directories.
end run
-- GENERIC SYSTEM DIRECTORY FUNCTIONS -----------------------------------------
-- doesDirectoryExist :: String -> Bool on doesDirectoryExist(strPath)
set ca to current application
set oPath to (ca's NSString's stringWithString:strPath)'s ¬
stringByStandardizingPath
set {bln, int} to (ca's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s ¬
fileExistsAtPath:oPath isDirectory:(reference))
bln and (int = 1)
end doesDirectoryExist
-- doesFileExist :: String -> Bool on doesFileExist(strPath)
set ca to current application
set oPath to (ca's NSString's stringWithString:strPath)'s ¬
stringByStandardizingPath
ca's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s fileExistsAtPath:oPath
end doesFileExist
-- getCurrentDirectory :: String on getCurrentDirectory()
set ca to current application ca's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s currentDirectoryPath as string
end getCurrentDirectory
-- getFinderDirectory :: String on getFinderDirectory()
tell application "Finder" to POSIX path of (insertion location as alias)
end getFinderDirectory
-- getHomeDirectory :: String on getHomeDirectory()
(current application's NSHomeDirectory() as string)
end getHomeDirectory
-- setCurrentDirectory :: String -> IO () on setCurrentDirectory(strPath)
if doesDirectoryExist(strPath) then
set ca to current application
set oPath to (ca's NSString's stringWithString:strPath)'s ¬
stringByStandardizingPath
ca's NSFileManager's defaultManager()'s ¬
changeCurrentDirectoryPath:oPath
end if
end setCurrentDirectory
-- GENERIC HIGHER ORDER FUNCTIONS FOR THE TEST --------------------------------
-- A list of functions applied to a list of arguments -- (<*> | ap) :: [(a -> b)] -> [a] -> [b] on ap(fs, xs)
set {intFs, intXs} to {length of fs, length of xs}
set lst to {}
repeat with i from 1 to intFs
tell mReturn(item i of fs)
repeat with j from 1 to intXs
set end of lst to |λ|(contents of (item j of xs))
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
return lst
end ap
-- Lift 2nd class handler function into 1st class script wrapper -- mReturn :: Handler -> Script on mReturn(f)
if class of f is script then
f
else
script
property |λ| : f
end script
end if
end mReturn</lang>
- Output:
The first four booleans are returned by `doesFileExist`.
The last four are returned by `doesDirectoryExist`, which yields false for simple files, and true for directories. <lang AppleScript>{true, true, true, true, false, false, true, true}</lang>
Applesoft BASIC
The error code for FILE NOT FOUND is 6. <lang ApplesoftBasic>100 F$ = "THAT FILE" 110 T$(0) = "DOES NOT EXIST." 120 T$(1) = "EXISTS." 130 GOSUB 200"FILE EXISTS? 140 PRINT F$; " "; T$(E) 150 END
200 REM FILE EXISTS? 210 REM TRY 220 ON ERR GOTO 300"CATCH 230 PRINT CHR$(4); "VERIFY "; F$ 240 POKE 216, 0 : REM ONERR OFF 250 E = 1 260 GOTO 350"END TRY 300 REM CATCH 310 E = PEEK(222) <> 6 320 POKE 216, 0 : REM ONERR OFF 330 IF E THEN RESUME : REM THROW 340 CALL - 3288 : REM RECOVER 350 REM END TRY 360 RETURN </lang>
ARM Assembly
<lang ARM Assembly> /* ARM assembly Raspberry PI */ /* program verifFic.s */
/* Constantes */ .equ STDOUT, 1 @ Linux output console .equ EXIT, 1 @ Linux syscall .equ WRITE, 4 @ Linux syscall .equ OPEN, 5 @ Linux syscall .equ CLOSE, 6 @ Linux syscall
.equ O_RDWR, 0x0002 /* open for reading and writing */
/*******************************************/ /* Fichier des macros */ /********************************************/ .include "../../ficmacros.s"
/* Initialized data */ .data szMessFound1: .asciz "File 1 found.\n" szMessFound2: .asciz "File 2 found.\n" szMessNotFound1: .asciz "File 1 not found.\n" szMessNotFound2: .asciz "File 2 not found.\n" szMessNotAuth2: .asciz "File 2 permission denied.\n" szCarriageReturn: .asciz "\n"
/* areas strings */ szFicName1: .asciz "test1.txt" szFicName2: .asciz "/debian-binary"
/* UnInitialized data */
.bss
/* code section */ .text .global main main: /* entry of program */
push {fp,lr} /* saves 2 registers */
/*************************************
open file 1
************************************/
ldr r0,iAdrszFicName1 @ file name
mov r1,#O_RDWR @ flags
mov r2,#0 @ mode
mov r7, #OPEN @ call system OPEN
swi 0
cmp r0,#0 @ error ?
ble 1f
mov r1,r0 @ FD
ldr r0,iAdrszMessFound1
bl affichageMess
@ close file
mov r0,r1 @ Fd
mov r7, #CLOSE
swi 0
b 2f
1:
ldr r0,iAdrszMessNotFound1 bl affichageMess
2:
/*************************************
open file 2
************************************/
ldr r0,iAdrszFicName2 @ file name
mov r1,#O_RDWR @ flags
mov r2,#0 @ mode
mov r7, #OPEN @ call system OPEN
swi 0
vidregtit verif
cmp r0,#-13 @ permission denied
beq 4f
cmp r0,#0 @ error ?
ble 3f
mov r1,r0 @ FD
ldr r0,iAdrszMessFound2
bl affichageMess
@ close file
mov r0,r1 @ Fd
mov r7, #CLOSE
swi 0
b 100f
3:
ldr r0,iAdrszMessNotFound2 bl affichageMess b 100f
4:
ldr r0,iAdrszMessNotAuth2 bl affichageMess
100: /* standard end of the program */
mov r0, #0 @ return code
pop {fp,lr} @restaur 2 registers
mov r7, #EXIT @ request to exit program
swi 0 @ perform the system call
iAdrszFicName1: .int szFicName1 iAdrszFicName2: .int szFicName2 iAdrszMessFound1: .int szMessFound1 iAdrszMessFound2: .int szMessFound2 iAdrszMessNotFound1: .int szMessNotFound1 iAdrszMessNotFound2: .int szMessNotFound2 iAdrszMessNotAuth2: .int szMessNotAuth2 /******************************************************************/ /* display text with size calculation */ /******************************************************************/ /* r0 contains the address of the message */ affichageMess:
push {fp,lr} /* save registres */
push {r0,r1,r2,r7} /* save others registers */
mov r2,#0 /* counter length */
1: /* loop length calculation */
ldrb r1,[r0,r2] /* read octet start position + index */
cmp r1,#0 /* if 0 its over */
addne r2,r2,#1 /* else add 1 in the length */
bne 1b /* and loop */
/* so here r2 contains the length of the message */
mov r1,r0 /* address message in r1 */
mov r0,#STDOUT /* code to write to the standard output Linux */
mov r7, #WRITE /* code call system "write" */
swi #0 /* call systeme */
pop {r0,r1,r2,r7} /* restaur others registers */
pop {fp,lr} /* restaur des 2 registres */
bx lr /* return */
</lang>
Arturo
<lang rebol>checkIfExists: function [fpath][
(or? exists? fpath
exists? .directory fpath)? -> print [fpath "exists"]
-> print [fpath "doesn't exist"]
]
checkIfExists "input.txt" checkIfExists "docs"
checkIfExists "/input.txt" checkIfExists "/docs"</lang>
AutoHotkey
AutoHotkey’s FileExist() function returns an attribute string (a subset of "RASHNDOCT") if a matching file or directory is found. The attribute string must be parsed for the letter D to determine whether the match is a directory or file.
Another option is AutoHotkey's IfExist/IfNotExist command
<lang autohotkey>; FileExist() function examples ShowFileExist("input.txt") ShowFileExist("\input.txt") ShowFolderExist("docs") ShowFolderExist("\docs")
- IfExist/IfNotExist command examples (from documentation)
IfExist, D:\
MsgBox, The drive exists.
IfExist, D:\Docs\*.txt
MsgBox, At least one .txt file exists.
IfNotExist, C:\Temp\FlagFile.txt
MsgBox, The target file does not exist.
Return
ShowFileExist(file) {
If (FileExist(file) && !InStr(FileExist(file), "D")) MsgBox, file: %file% exists. Else MsgBox, file: %file% does NOT exist. Return
}
ShowFolderExist(folder) {
If InStr(FileExist(folder), "D") MsgBox, folder: %folder% exists. Else MsgBox, folder: %folder% does NOT exist. Return
}</lang>
AWK
<lang awk>@load "filefuncs"
function exists(name ,fd) {
if ( stat(name, fd) == -1)
print name " doesn't exist"
else
print name " exists"
} BEGIN {
exists("input.txt")
exists("/input.txt")
exists("docs")
exists("/docs")
}</lang>
Portable getline method. Also works in a Windows environment. <lang AWK>#
- Check if file or directory exists, even 0-length file.
- Return 0 if not exist, 1 if exist
function exists(file ,line, msg) {
if ( (getline line < file) == -1 )
{
# "Permission denied" is for MS-Windows
msg = (ERRNO ~ /Permission denied/ || ERRNO ~ /a directory/) ? 1 : 0
close(file)
return msg
}
else {
close(file)
return 1
}
} BEGIN {
exists("input.txt")
exists("\\input.txt")
exists("docs")
exists("\\docs")
exit(0)
}</lang>
Check file(s) existence <lang>gawk 'BEGINFILE{if (ERRNO) {print "Not exist."; nextfile} else {print "Exist."; nextfile}}' input.txt input-missing.txt</lang>
Axe
<lang axe>If GetCalc("appvINPUT")
Disp "EXISTS",i
Else
Disp "DOES NOT EXIST",i
End</lang>
BASIC
<lang qbasic> ON ERROR GOTO ohNo f$ = "input.txt" GOSUB opener f$ = "\input.txt" GOSUB opener
'can't directly check for directories, 'but can check for the NUL device in the desired dir f$ = "docs\nul" GOSUB opener f$ = "\docs\nul" GOSUB opener END
opener:
e$ = " found" OPEN f$ FOR INPUT AS 1 PRINT f$; e$ CLOSE RETURN
ohNo:
IF (53 = ERR) OR (76 = ERR) THEN
e$ = " not" + e$
ELSE
e$ = "Unknown error"
END IF
RESUME NEXT
</lang>
You can also check for a directory by trying to enter it.
<lang qbasic> ON ERROR GOTO ohNo d$ = "docs" CHDIR d$ d$ = "\docs" CHDIR d$ END
ohNo:
IF 76 = ERR THEN
PRINT d$; " not found"
ELSE
PRINT "Unknown error"
END IF
RESUME NEXT
</lang>
Later versions of MS-compatible BASICs include the DIR$ keyword, which makes this pretty trivial.
<lang qbasic> f$ = "input.txt" GOSUB opener f$ = "\input.txt" GOSUB opener
'can't directly check for directories, 'but can check for the NUL device in the desired dir f$ = "docs\nul" GOSUB opener f$ = "\docs\nul" GOSUB opener END
opener:
d$ = DIR$(f$)
IF LEN(d$) THEN
PRINT f$; " found"
ELSE
PRINT f$; " not found"
END IF
RETURN
</lang>
BaCon
<lang freebasic>' File exists f$ = "input.txt" d$ = "docs" IF FILEEXISTS(f$) THEN PRINT f$, " exists" IF FILEEXISTS(d$) AND FILETYPE(d$) = 2 THEN PRINT d$, " directory exists"
f$ = "/" & f$ d$ = "/" & d$ PRINT f$, IIF$(FILEEXISTS(f$), " exists", " does not exist") PRINT d$, IIF$(FILEEXISTS(d$) AND FILETYPE(d$) = 2, " is", " is not"), " a directory"
f$ = "empty.bac" PRINT f$, IIF$(FILEEXISTS(f$), " exists", " does not exist")
f$ = "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt" PRINT f$, IIF$(FILEEXISTS(f$), " exists", " does not exist")</lang>
- Output:
prompt$ ./fileexits /input.txt does not exist /docs is not a directory empty.bac exists `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt does not exist
Commodore BASIC
Try a file, then check the error status of the disk drive. Error code 62 is the "File not found" error. The trick is to open the file without specifying the file type (PRG, SEQ, REL, etc.) and the Read/Write mode in the OPEN statement, otherwise you may end up with error code 64 "File Type Mismatch". <lang gwbasic>10 REM CHECK FILE EXISTS 15 ER=0:EM$="":MSG$="FILE EXISTS." 20 PRINT CHR$(147);:REM CLEAR SCREEN 30 FI$="":INPUT "ENTER FILENAME TO CHECK";FI$:PRINT 35 IF FI$="" THEN PRINT "ABORTED.":END 40 OPEN 8,8,8,FI$ 50 GOSUB 1000:REM FETCH ERROR STATUS FROM DRIVE: 0=OK, 62=FILE NOT FOUND 55 REM COMPARE ERROR NUMBER 60 IF ER<>0 THEN MSG$="I/O ERROR:"+STR$(ER)+" "+EM$ 70 IF ER=62 THEN MSG$="'"+FI$+"' IS NOT HERE." 80 REM DO THINGS WITH FILE... 100 CLOSE 8 110 PRINT MSG$ 120 PRINT:GOTO 30:REM REPEAT UNTIL EMPTY FILENAME IS ENTERED 1000 REM CHECK ERROR CHANNEL FOR STATUS OF LAST DISK OPERATION 1010 OPEN 15,8,15 1015 REM GET ERROR CODE, ERROR MESSAGE, TRACK, SECTOR 1020 INPUT#15,ER,EM$,T,S 1030 CLOSE 15 1040 RETURN</lang>
- Output:
ENTER FILENAME TO CHECK? INDEX.TXTFILE EXISTS.
ENTER FILENAME TO CHECK? NOFILE.DOC
'NOFILE.DOC' IS NOT HERE.
Batch File
<lang dos>if exist input.txt echo The following file called input.txt exists. if exist \input.txt echo The following file called \input.txt exists. if exist docs echo The following directory called docs exists. if exist \docs\ echo The following directory called \docs\ exists.</lang>
BBC BASIC
<lang bbcbasic> test% = OPENIN("input.txt")
IF test% THEN
CLOSE #test%
PRINT "File input.txt exists"
ENDIF
test% = OPENIN("\input.txt")
IF test% THEN
CLOSE #test%
PRINT "File \input.txt exists"
ENDIF
test% = OPENIN("docs\NUL")
IF test% THEN
CLOSE #test%
PRINT "Directory docs exists"
ENDIF
test% = OPENIN("\docs\NUL")
IF test% THEN
CLOSE #test%
PRINT "Directory \docs exists"
ENDIF</lang>
C
<lang c>#include <sys/types.h>
- include <sys/stat.h>
- include <stdio.h>
- include <unistd.h>
/* Check for regular file. */ int check_reg(const char *path) { struct stat sb; return stat(path, &sb) == 0 && S_ISREG(sb.st_mode); }
/* Check for directory. */ int check_dir(const char *path) { struct stat sb; return stat(path, &sb) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode); }
int main() { printf("input.txt is a regular file? %s\n", check_reg("input.txt") ? "yes" : "no"); printf("docs is a directory? %s\n", check_dir("docs") ? "yes" : "no"); printf("/input.txt is a regular file? %s\n", check_reg("/input.txt") ? "yes" : "no"); printf("/docs is a directory? %s\n", check_dir("/docs") ? "yes" : "no"); return 0; }</lang>
C#
<lang csharp>using System.IO;
Console.WriteLine(File.Exists("input.txt")); Console.WriteLine(File.Exists("/input.txt")); Console.WriteLine(Directory.Exists("docs")); Console.WriteLine(Directory.Exists("/docs"));</lang>
C++
<lang cpp>#include "boost/filesystem.hpp"
- include <string>
- include <iostream>
void testfile(std::string name) {
boost::filesystem::path file(name);
if (exists(file))
{
if (is_directory(file))
std::cout << name << " is a directory.\n";
else
std::cout << name << " is a non-directory file.\n";
}
else
std::cout << name << " does not exist.\n";
}
int main() {
testfile("input.txt");
testfile("docs");
testfile("/input.txt");
testfile("/docs");
}</lang>
Clojure
<lang clojure>
(dorun (map #(.exists (clojure.java.io/as-file %)) '("/input.txt" "/docs" "./input.txt" "./docs")))
</lang>
COBOL
and other compilers with this system call extension
<lang COBOL> identification division.
program-id. check-file-exist.
environment division.
configuration section.
repository.
function all intrinsic.
data division.
working-storage section.
01 skip pic 9 value 2.
01 file-name.
05 value "/output.txt".
01 dir-name.
05 value "/docs/".
01 unusual-name.
05 value "Abdu'l-Bahá.txt".
01 test-name pic x(256).
01 file-handle usage binary-long.
01 file-info.
05 file-size pic x(8) comp-x.
05 file-date.
10 file-day pic x comp-x.
10 file-month pic x comp-x.
10 file-year pic xx comp-x.
05 file-time.
10 file-hours pic x comp-x.
10 file-minutes pic x comp-x.
10 file-seconds pic x comp-x.
10 file-hundredths pic x comp-x.
procedure division.
files-main.
*> check in current working dir
move file-name(skip:) to test-name
perform check-file
move dir-name(skip:) to test-name
perform check-file
move unusual-name to test-name
perform check-file
*> check in root dir
move 1 to skip
move file-name(skip:) to test-name
perform check-file
move dir-name(skip:) to test-name
perform check-file
goback.
check-file.
call "CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST" using test-name file-info
if return-code equal zero then
display test-name(1:32) ": size " file-size ", "
file-year "-" file-month "-" file-day space
file-hours ":" file-minutes ":" file-seconds "."
file-hundredths
else
display "error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST " return-code space
trim(test-name)
end-if
.
end program check-file-exist.
</lang>
- Output:
prompt$ cobc -xj check-file-exists.cob output.txt : size 000000000000000000, 2016-06-01 09:27:14.00 docs/ : size 000000000000004096, 2016-06-01 09:27:14.00 error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST +000000035 Abdu'l-Bahá.txt error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST +000000035 /output.txt error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST +000000035 /docs/ prompt$ echo -n >Abdu\'l-Bahá.txt prompt$ cobc -xj check-file-exists.cob output.txt : size 000000000000000000, 2016-06-01 09:27:14.00 docs/ : size 000000000000004096, 2016-06-01 09:27:14.00 Abdu'l-Bahá.txt : size 000000000000000000, 2016-06-01 09:33:35.00 error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST +000000035 /output.txt error: CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST +000000035 /docs/
Errors due to file and dir not existing in root directory for this test pass
CoffeeScript
<lang coffeescript> fs = require 'fs' path = require 'path'
root = path.resolve '/' current_dir = __dirname filename = 'input.txt' dirname = 'docs'
local_file = path.join current_dir, filename local_dir = path.join current_dir, dirname
root_file = path.join root, filename root_dir = path.join root, dirname
for p in [ local_file, local_dir, root_file, root_dir ] then do ( p ) ->
fs.exists p, ( p_exists ) ->
unless p_exists
console.log "#{ p } does not exist."
else then fs.stat p, ( error, stat ) ->
console.log "#{ p } exists and is a #{ if stat.isFile() then 'file' else then 'directory' }."
</lang>
Common Lisp
probe-file returns nil if a file does not exist. directory returns nil if there are no files in a specified directory. <lang lisp>(if (probe-file (make-pathname :name "input.txt"))
(print "rel file exists"))
(if (probe-file (make-pathname :directory '(:absolute "") :name "input.txt"))
(print "abs file exists"))
(if (directory (make-pathname :directory '(:relative "docs")))
(print "rel directory exists") (print "rel directory is not known to exist"))
(if (directory (make-pathname :directory '(:absolute "docs")))
(print "abs directory exists") (print "abs directory is not known to exist"))</lang>
There is no standardized way to determine if an empty directory exists, as Common Lisp dates from before the notion of directories as a type of file was near-universal. CL-FAD provides many of the therefore-missing capabilities in a cross-implementation library.
<lang lisp>(if (cl-fad:directory-exists-p (make-pathname :directory '(:relative "docs")))
(print "rel directory exists") (print "rel directory does not exist"))</lang>
Crystal
<lang ruby>def check_file(filename : String)
if File.directory?(filename)
puts "#{filename} is a directory"
elsif File.exists?(filename)
puts "#{filename} is a file"
else
puts "#{filename} does not exist"
end
end
check_file("input.txt") check_file("docs") check_file("/input.txt") check_file("/docs")</lang>
D
<lang d>import std.stdio, std.file, std.path;
void verify(in string name) {
if (name.exists())
writeln("'", name, "' exists");
else
writeln("'", name, "' doesn't exist");
}
void main() {
// check in current working dir
verify("input.txt");
verify("docs");
// check in root verify(dirSeparator ~ "input.txt"); verify(dirSeparator ~ "docs");
}</lang>
- Output:
'input.txt' doesn't exist 'docs' doesn't exist '\input.txt' doesn't exist '\docs' doesn't exist
DBL
<lang DBL>;
- Check file and directory exists for DBL version 4 by Dario B.
PROC
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
XCALL FLAGS (0007000000,1) ;Suppress STOP message
CLOSE 1
OPEN (1,O,'TT:')
;The file path can be written as:
; "input.txt" (current directory)
; "/directory/input.txt" (complete path)
; "DEV:input.txt" (device DEV defined in shell)
; "$DEV/input.txt" (device DEV defined in shell)
CLOSE 2
OPEN (2,I,"input.txt") [ERR=NOFIL]
CLOSE 2
;Check directory (unix/linux systems)
CLOSE 2
OPEN (2,O,"/docs/.") [ERR=NODIR]
GOTO CLOS
- --------------------------------------------------------
NOFIL, DISPLAY (1,"File input.txt not found!",10)
GOTO CLOS
NODIR, DISPLAY (1,"Directory /docs not found!",10)
GOTO CLOS
CLOS, CLOSE 1
CLOSE 2
STOP</lang>
DCL
<lang DCL>$ if f$search( "input.txt" ) .eqs. "" $ then $ write sys$output "input.txt not found" $ else $ write sys$output "input.txt found" $ endif $ if f$search( "docs.dir" ) .eqs. "" $ then $ write sys$output "directory docs not found" $ else $ write sys$output "directory docs found" $ endif $ if f$search( "[000000]input.txt" ) .eqs. "" $ then $ write sys$output "[000000]input.txt not found" $ else $ write sys$output "[000000]input.txt found" $ endif $ if f$search( "[000000]docs.dir" ) .eqs. "" $ then $ write sys$output "directory [000000]docs not found" $ else $ write sys$output "directory [000000]docs found" $ endif</lang>
- Output:
$ @check_that_file_exists input.txt found directory docs not found [000000]input.txt not found directory [000000]docs not found
Delphi
<lang Delphi>program EnsureFileExists;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils;
begin
if FileExists('input.txt') then
Writeln('File "input.txt" exists.')
else
Writeln('File "input.txt" does not exist.');
if FileExists('\input.txt') then
Writeln('File "\input.txt" exists.')
else
Writeln('File "\input.txt" does not exist.');
if DirectoryExists('docs') then
Writeln('Directory "docs" exists.')
else
Writeln('Directory "docs" does not exists.');
if DirectoryExists('\docs') then
Writeln('Directory "\docs" exists.')
else
Writeln('Directory "\docs" does not exists.');
end.</lang>
E
<lang e>for file in [<file:input.txt>,
<file:///input.txt>] {
require(file.exists(), fn { `$file is missing!` })
require(!file.isDirectory(), fn { `$file is a directory!` })
}
for file in [<file:docs>,
<file:///docs>] {
require(file.exists(), fn { `$file is missing!` })
require(file.isDirectory(), fn { `$file is not a directory!` })
}</lang>
Elena
ELENA 4.x : <lang elena>import system'io; import extensions;
extension op {
validatePath()
= self.Available.iif("exists","not found");
}
public program() {
console.printLine("input.txt file ",File.assign("input.txt").validatePath());
console.printLine("\input.txt file ",File.assign("\input.txt").validatePath());
console.printLine("docs directory ",Directory.assign("docs").validatePath());
console.printLine("\docs directory ",Directory.assign("\docs").validatePath())
}</lang>
Elixir
<lang Elixir>File.regular?("input.txt") File.dir?("docs") File.regular?("/input.txt") File.dir?("/docs")</lang>
Emacs Lisp
<lang Lisp>(file-exists-p "input.txt") (file-directory-p "docs") (file-exists-p "/input.txt") (file-directory-p "/docs")</lang>
file-exists-p is true on both files and directories. file-directory-p is true only on directories. Both go through the file-name-handler-alist "magic filenames" mechanism so can act on remote files. On MS-DOS generally both / and \ work to specify the root directory.
Erlang
<lang erlang>#!/usr/bin/escript existence( true ) ->"exists"; existence( false ) ->"does not exist".
print_result(Type, Name, Flag) -> io:fwrite( "~s ~s ~s~n", [Type, Name, existence(Flag)] ).
main(_) ->
print_result( "File", "input.txt", filelib:is_regular("input.txt") ),
print_result( "Directory", "docs", filelib:is_dir("docs") ),
print_result( "File", "/input.txt", filelib:is_regular("/input.txt") ),
print_result( "Directory", "/docs", filelib:is_dir("/docs") ).
</lang>
Euphoria
<lang euphoria>include file.e
procedure ensure_exists(sequence name)
object x
sequence s
x = dir(name)
if sequence(x) then
if find('d',x[1][D_ATTRIBUTES]) then
s = "directory"
else
s = "file"
end if
printf(1,"%s %s exists.\n",{name,s})
else
printf(1,"%s does not exist.\n",{name})
end if
end procedure
ensure_exists("input.txt") ensure_exists("docs") ensure_exists("/input.txt") ensure_exists("/docs")</lang>
F#
<lang fsharp>open System.IO File.Exists("input.txt") Directory.Exists("docs") File.Exists("/input.txt") Directory.Exists(@"\docs")</lang>
Factor
<lang factor>: print-exists? ( path -- )
[ write ": " write ] [ exists? "exists." "doesn't exist." ? print ] bi ;
{ "input.txt" "/input.txt" "docs" "/docs" } [ print-exists? ] each</lang>
Forth
<lang forth>: .exists ( str len -- ) 2dup file-status nip 0= if ." exists" else ." does not exist" then type ;
s" input.txt" .exists
s" /input.txt" .exists
s" docs" .exists
s" /docs" .exists</lang>
Fortran
Cannot check for directories in Fortran <lang fortran>LOGICAL :: file_exists INQUIRE(FILE="input.txt", EXIST=file_exists) ! file_exists will be TRUE if the file
! exists and FALSE otherwise
INQUIRE(FILE="/input.txt", EXIST=file_exists)</lang>
Actually, f90,f95 are able to deal with directory staff:
<lang fortran>logical :: dir_e ! a trick to be sure docs is a dir inquire( file="./docs/.", exist=dir_e ) if ( dir_e ) then
write(*,*), "dir exists!"
else
! workaround: it calls an extern program...
call system('mkdir docs')
end if</lang>
FreeBASIC
<lang freebasic>' FB 1.05.0 Win64
' Enable FileExists() function to be used
- include "file.bi"
' Use Win32 function to check if directory exists on Windows 10 Declare Function GetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetFileAttributesA" _ (ByVal lpFileName As ZString Ptr) As ULong
Const InvalidFileAttributes As ULong = -1UL Const FileAttributeDirectory As ULong = &H10UL
Sub CheckFileExists(ByRef filePath As String)
If FileExists(filePath) Then Print "'"; filePath; "' exists" Else Print "'"; filePath; "' does not exist" End If
End Sub
Sub CheckDirectoryExists(ByVal dirPath As ZString Ptr)
Dim attrib As ULong = GetFileAttributes(dirPath) Dim dirExists As ULong = attrib <> InvalidFileAttributes AndAlso (attrib And FileAttributeDirectory) <> 0 If dirExists Then Print "'"; *dirPath; "' exists" Else Print "'"; *dirPath; "' does not exist" End If
End Sub
CheckFileExists(CurDir + "\input.txt") Dim dirPath As String = CurDir + "\docs" CheckDirectoryExists(StrPtr(dirPath)) CheckFileExists("c:\input.txt") CheckDirectoryExists(StrPtr("c:\docs")) Print Print "Press any key to quit the program" Sleep</lang>
- Output:
All files and directories were created first. The files are empty:
'c:\FreeBasic\input.txt' exists 'c:\FreeBasic\docs' exists 'c:\input.txt' exists 'c:\docs' exists
Frink
This checks that the file exists and is a file, and that the directory exists, and is a directory. (Many of the samples on this page do not check that the files are actually a file or the directories are actually a directory.) It also tries to find various Unicode encodings of the "unusual" filename that may be encoded in different Unicode compositions (e.g. using "precomposed" or "decomposed" representations for some characters.
<lang frink> checkFile[filename] := {
file = newJava["java.io.File", [filename]]
if file.exists[] and file.isFile[]
println["$filename is a file"]
else
println["$filename is not a file"]
}
checkDir[filename] := {
file = newJava["java.io.File", [filename]]
if file.exists[] and file.isDirectory[]
println["$filename is a directory"]
else
println["$filename is not a directory"]
}
checkFile["input.txt"] checkFile["/input.txt"] checkDir["docs"] checkDir["/docs"]
// This tests the "unusual" filename with various Unicode // normalizations that would look identical to a human // For example, the á character could be written as either // the Unicode sequences // \u00e1 ('LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE') // or // \u0061\u0301 ('LATIN SMALL LETTER A' 'COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT') unusual = "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt" checkFile[unusual] checkFile[normalizeUnicode[unusual, "NFC"]] checkFile[normalizeUnicode[unusual, "NFD"]] </lang>
Gambas
Click this link to run this code <lang gambas>Public Sub Main()
If Exist(User.Home &/ "input.txt") Then Print "'input.txt' does exist in the Home folder" If Not Exist("/input.txt") Then Print "'input.txt' does NOT exist in Root" 'Not messing With my Root files
If Exist(User.home &/ "docs/") Then Print "The folder '~/docs' does exist" If Not Exist("/docs/") Then Print "The folder '/docs' does NOT exist" 'Not messing With my Root files
File.Save(User.Home &/ "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt", "") If Exist(User.Home &/ "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt") Then Print "'`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt' does exist (zero length and unusual name)"
End</lang> Output:
'input.txt' does exist in the Home folder 'input.txt' does NOT exist in Root The folder '~/docs' does exist The folder '/docs' does NOT exist '`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt' does exist (zero length and unusual name)
GAP
<lang gap>IsExistingFile("input.txt"); IsDirectoryPath("docs"); IsExistingFile("/input.txt"); IsDirectoryPath("/docs");</lang>
Genie
<lang genie>[indent=4] /*
Check file exists, in Genie valac --pkg=gio-2.0 checkFile.gs
- /
init
Intl.setlocale()
files:array of string[] = {"input.txt", "docs",
Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "input.txt", Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "docs", "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt"}
for f:string in files
var file = File.new_for_path(f)
var exists = file.query_exists()
var dir = false
if exists
dir = file.query_file_type(0) == FileType.DIRECTORY
print("%s %sexist%s%s", f, exists ? "" : "does not ", exists ? "s" : "", dir ? " and is a directory" : "")</lang>
- Output:
prompt$ valac --pkg=gio-2.0 checkFile.gs prompt$ ./checkFile input.txt exists docs exists and is a directory /input.txt does not exist /docs does not exist `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt does not exist
For the run, input.txt was zero length.
Go
<lang go>package main
import (
"fmt" "os"
)
func printStat(p string) {
switch i, err := os.Stat(p); {
case err != nil:
fmt.Println(err)
case i.IsDir():
fmt.Println(p, "is a directory")
default:
fmt.Println(p, "is a file")
}
}
func main() {
printStat("input.txt")
printStat("/input.txt")
printStat("docs")
printStat("/docs")
}</lang>
Groovy
<lang groovy>println new File('input.txt').exists() println new File('/input.txt').exists() println new File('docs').exists() println new File('/docs').exists()</lang>
Haskell
<lang haskell>import System.Directory (doesFileExist, doesDirectoryExist)
check :: (FilePath -> IO Bool) -> FilePath -> IO () check p s = do
result <- p s
putStrLn $
s ++
if result
then " does exist"
else " does not exist"
main :: IO () main = do
check doesFileExist "input.txt" check doesDirectoryExist "docs" check doesFileExist "/input.txt" check doesDirectoryExist "/docs"</lang>
hexiscript
<lang hexiscript>println "File \"input.txt\"? " + (exists "input.txt") println "Dir \"docs\"? " + (exists "docs/") println "File \"/input.txt\"? " + (exists "/input.txt") println "Dir \"/docs\"? " + (exists "/docs/")</lang>
HicEst
<lang hicest> OPEN(FIle= 'input.txt', OLD, IOStat=ios, ERror=99)
OPEN(FIle='C:\input.txt', OLD, IOStat=ios, ERror=99)
! ... 99 WRITE(Messagebox='!') 'File does not exist. Error message ', ios </lang>
HolyC
<lang holyc>U0 FileExists(U8 *f) {
if (FileFind(f) && !IsDir(f)) {
Print("'%s' file exists.\n", f);
} else {
Print("'%s' file does not exist.\n", f);
}
}
U0 DirExists(U8 *d) {
if (IsDir(d)) {
Print("'%s' directory exists.\n", d);
} else {
Print("'%s' directory does not exist.\n", d);
}
}
FileExists("input.txt"); FileExists("::/input.txt"); DirExists("docs"); DirExists("::/docs");</lang>
i
<lang i>concept exists(path) { open(path) errors { if error.DoesNotExist() print(path, " does not exist!") end return } print(path, " exists!") }
software { exists("input.txt") exists("/input.txt") exists("docs") exists("/docs") exists("docs/Abdu'l-Bahá.txt") }</lang>
Icon and Unicon
Icon doesn't support 'stat'; however, information can be obtained by use of the system function to access command line. <lang Unicon>every dir := !["./","/"] do {
write("file ", f := dir || "input.txt", if stat(f) then " exists." else " doesn't exist.")
write("directory ", f := dir || "docs", if stat(f) then " exists." else " doesn't exist.")
}</lang>
Note: Icon and Unicon accept both / and \ for directory separators.
IDL
<lang idl> print, FILE_TEST('input.txt') print, FILE_TEST(PATH_SEP()+'input.txt') print, FILE_TEST('docs', /DIRECTORY) print, FILE_TEST(PATH_SEP()+'docs', /DIRECTORY)
</lang>
J
<lang j>require 'files' fexist 'input.txt' fexist '/input.txt' direxist=: 2 = ftype direxist 'docs' direxist '/docs'</lang>
Java
<lang java>import java.io.File; public class FileExistsTest {
public static boolean isFileExists(String filename) {
boolean exists = new File(filename).exists();
return exists;
}
public static void test(String type, String filename) {
System.out.println("The following " + type + " called " + filename +
(isFileExists(filename) ? " exists." : " not exists.")
);
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
test("file", "input.txt");
test("file", File.separator + "input.txt");
test("directory", "docs");
test("directory", File.separator + "docs" + File.separator);
}
}</lang>
<lang java5>import java.nio.file.FileSystem; import java.nio.file.FileSystems; import java.nio.file.Files; public class FileExistsTest{
private static FileSystem defaultFS = FileSystems.getDefault();
public static boolean isFileExists(String filename){
return Files.exists(defaultFS.getPath(filename));
}
public static void test(String type, String filename){
System.out.println("The following " + type + " called " + filename +
(isFileExists(filename) ? " exists." : " not exists.")
);
}
public static void main(String args[]){
test("file", "input.txt");
test("file", defaultFS.getSeparator() + "input.txt");
test("directory", "docs");
test("directory", defaultFS.getSeparator() + "docs" + defaultFS.getSeparator());
}
}</lang>
JavaScript
Javascript interpreters are now widely embedded in contexts which do have access to file systems, but the early context of browser scripting has precluded the inclusion of file system libraries in the definition of the language itself. Each non-browser JS context is likely to have its own home-grown and unstandardised file system library.
JScript
<lang javascript>var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
fso.FileExists('input.txt'); fso.FileExists('c:/input.txt'); fso.FolderExists('docs'); fso.FolderExists('c:/docs');</lang>
macOS JavaScript for Automation
ES6: Sierra onwards
(Adopting function names used in the Haskell System.Directory library) <lang JavaScript>(() => {
// SYSTEM DIRECTORY FUNCTIONS // FOR MAC OS 'JAVASCRIPT FOR AUTOMATION' SCRIPTING -----------------------
// doesDirectoryExist :: String -> IO Bool
const doesDirectoryExist = strPath => {
const
dm = $.NSFileManager.defaultManager,
ref = Ref();
return dm
.fileExistsAtPathIsDirectory(
$(strPath)
.stringByStandardizingPath, ref
) && ref[0] === 1;
};
// doesFileExist :: String -> Bool
const doesFileExist = strPath => {
var error = $();
return (
$.NSFileManager.defaultManager
.attributesOfItemAtPathError(
$(strPath)
.stringByStandardizingPath,
error
),
error.code === undefined
);
};
// getCurrentDirectory :: String
const getCurrentDirectory = () =>
ObjC.unwrap($.NSFileManager.defaultManager.currentDirectoryPath);
// getFinderDirectory :: String
const getFinderDirectory = () =>
Application('Finder')
.insertionLocation()
.url()
.slice(7);
// getHomeDirectory :: String
const getHomeDirectory = () =>
ObjC.unwrap($.NSHomeDirectory());
// setCurrentDirectory :: String -> IO ()
const setCurrentDirectory = strPath =>
$.NSFileManager.defaultManager
.changeCurrentDirectoryPath(
$(strPath)
.stringByStandardizingPath
);
// GENERIC FUNCTIONS FOR THE TEST -----------------------------------------
// A list of functions applied to a list of arguments
// <*> :: [(a -> b)] -> [a] -> [b]
const ap = (fs, xs) => //
[].concat.apply([], fs.map(f => //
[].concat.apply([], xs.map(x => [f(x)]))));
// show :: a -> String const show = x => JSON.stringify(x, null, 2);
// TEST -------------------------------------------------------------------
return (
setCurrentDirectory('~/Desktop'),
show(ap(
[doesFileExist, doesDirectoryExist],
['input.txt', '/input.txt', 'docs', '/docs']
))
);
})();</lang>
- Output:
The first four booleans are returned by doesFileExist – the last four by doesDirectoryExist, which returns false in the case of files which do exist but are not directories.
[ true, true, true, true, false, false, true, true ]
Julia
<lang julia>@show isfile("input.txt") @show isfile("/input.txt") @show isdir("docs") @show isdir("/docs") @show isfile("") @show isfile("`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt")</lang>
Klingphix
<lang Klingphix>include ..\Utilitys.tlhy
"foo.bar" "w" fopen "Hallo !" over fputs fclose
"fou.bar" "r" fopen dup 0 < ( ["Could not open 'fou.bar' for reading" print drop] [fclose] ) if
" " input</lang>
- Output:
Could not open 'fou.bar' for reading
Kotlin
<lang scala>// version 1.0.6
import java.io.File
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val filePaths = arrayOf("input.txt", "c:\\input.txt", "zero_length.txt", "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt")
val dirPaths = arrayOf("docs", "c:\\docs")
for (filePath in filePaths) {
val f = File(filePath)
println("$filePath ${if (f.exists() && !f.isDirectory) "exists" else "does not exist"}")
}
for (dirPath in dirPaths) {
val d = File(dirPath)
println("$dirPath ${if (d.exists() && d.isDirectory) "exists" else "does not exist"}")
}
}</lang>
LabVIEW
This image is a VI Snippet, an executable image of LabVIEW code. The LabVIEW version is shown on the top-right hand corner. You can download it, then drag-and-drop it onto the LabVIEW block diagram from a file browser, and it will appear as runnable, editable code.
Lasso
<lang Lasso>// local file file_exists('input.txt')
// local directory file_exists('docs')
// file in root file system (requires permissions at user OS level) file_exists('//input.txt')
// directory in root file system (requires permissions at user OS level) file_exists('//docs')</lang>
LFE
From the LFE REPL: <lang lisp> > (: filelib is_regular '"input.txt") false > (: filelib is_dir '"docs") false > (: filelib is_regular '"/input.txt") false > (: filelib is_dir '"/docs")) false </lang>
Liberty BASIC
<lang lb>'fileExists.bas - Show how to determine if a file exists dim info$(10,10) input "Type a file path (ie. c:\windows\somefile.txt)?"; fpath$ if fileExists(fpath$) then
print fpath$; " exists!"
else
print fpath$; " doesn't exist!"
end if end
'return a true if the file in fullPath$ exists, else return false function fileExists(fullPath$)
files pathOnly$(fullPath$), filenameOnly$(fullPath$), info$() fileExists = val(info$(0, 0)) > 0
end function
'return just the directory path from a full file path function pathOnly$(fullPath$)
pathOnly$ = fullPath$
while right$(pathOnly$, 1) <> "\" and pathOnly$ <> ""
pathOnly$ = left$(pathOnly$, len(pathOnly$)-1)
wend
end function
'return just the filename from a full file path function filenameOnly$(fullPath$)
pathLength = len(pathOnly$(fullPath$)) filenameOnly$ = right$(fullPath$, len(fullPath$)-pathLength)
end function</lang>
Little
<lang C>if (exists("input.txt")) {
puts("The file \"input.txt\" exist");
} if (exists("/input.txt")) {
puts("The file \"/input.txt\" exist");
} if (exists("docs")) {
puts("The file \"docs\" exist");
} if (exists("/docs")) {
puts("The file \"/docs\" exist");
}</lang>
LiveCode
<lang LiveCode>there is a file "/input.txt" there is a file "input.txt" there is a folder "docs" there is a file "/docs/input.txt"</lang> LiveCode also allows setting a default folder for subsequent file commands. To check if a file exists in the doc folder <lang LiveCode>set the defaultFolder to "docs" there is a file "input.txt"</lang>
Logo
<lang logo>show file? "input.txt show file? "/input.txt show file? "docs show file? "/docs</lang> Alternatively, one can set a file prefix used for subsequent file commands. <lang logo>setprefix "/ show file? "input.txt</lang>
Lua
For directories, the following only works on platforms on which directories can be opened for reading like files. <lang lua>function output( s, b )
if b then
print ( s, " does not exist." )
else
print ( s, " does exist." )
end
end
output( "input.txt", io.open( "input.txt", "r" ) == nil ) output( "/input.txt", io.open( "/input.txt", "r" ) == nil ) output( "docs", io.open( "docs", "r" ) == nil ) output( "/docs", io.open( "/docs", "r" ) == nil )</lang>
The following more portable solution uses LuaFileSystem. <lang lua>require "lfs" for i, path in ipairs({"input.txt", "/input.txt", "docs", "/docs"}) do
local mode = lfs.attributes(path, "mode")
if mode then
print(path .. " exists and is a " .. mode .. ".")
else
print(path .. " does not exist.")
end
end</lang>
M2000 Interpreter
Report print proportional text using word wrap, and justification. Can be used to calculate lines, and to render form a line, a number of lines. We can specify the width of the text, and by moving the cursor horizontal we can specify the left margin. This statement can be used to any layer, including user forms and printer page.
<lang M2000 Interpreter> Module ExistDirAndFile {
Let WorkingDir$=Dir$, RootDir$="C:\"
task(WorkingDir$)
task(RootDir$)
Dir User ' return to user directroy
Sub task(WorkingDir$)
Local counter
Dir WorkingDir$
If Not Exist.Dir("docs") then Report "docs not exist in "+WorkingDir$ : counter++
If Not Exist("output.txt") Then {
Report "output.txt not exist in "+ WorkingDir$ : counter++
} Else.if Filelen("output.txt")=0 Then Report "output.txt has zero length"
If counter =0 then Report WorkingDir$+ " has docs directory and file output.txt"
End Sub
} ExistDirAndFile </lang>
Maple
<lang Maple>with(FileTools): Exists("input.txt"); Exists("docs") and IsDirectory("docs"); Exists("/input.txt"); Exists("/docs") and IsDirectory("/docs");</lang>
Mathematica / Wolfram Language
<lang Mathematica>wd = NotebookDirectory[]; FileExistsQ[wd <> "input.txt"] DirectoryQ[wd <> "docs"]
FileExistsQ["/" <> "input.txt"] DirectoryQ["/" <> "docs"]</lang>
MATLAB / Octave
<lang Matlab> exist('input.txt','file')
exist('/input.txt','file')
exist('docs','dir')
exist('/docs','dir')</lang>
MAXScript
<lang maxscript>-- Here doesFileExist "input.txt" (getDirectories "docs").count == 1 -- Root doesFileExist "\input.txt" (getDirectories "C:\docs").count == 1</lang>
Modula-3
<lang modula3>MODULE FileTest EXPORTS Main;
IMPORT IO, Fmt, FS, File, OSError, Pathname;
PROCEDURE FileExists(file: Pathname.T): BOOLEAN =
VAR status: File.Status;
BEGIN
TRY
status := FS.Status(file);
RETURN TRUE;
EXCEPT
| OSError.E => RETURN FALSE;
END;
END FileExists;
BEGIN
IO.Put(Fmt.Bool(FileExists("input.txt")) & "\n");
IO.Put(Fmt.Bool(FileExists("/input.txt")) & "\n");
IO.Put(Fmt.Bool(FileExists("docs/")) & "\n");
IO.Put(Fmt.Bool(FileExists("/docs")) & "\n");
END FileTest.</lang>
Nanoquery
<lang Nanoquery>import Nanoquery.IO
def exists(fname) f = new(File, fname)
return f.exists() end</lang>
Neko
<lang ActionScript>/**
Check that file/dir exists, in Neko
- /
var sys_exists = $loader.loadprim("std@sys_exists", 1) var sys_file_type = $loader.loadprim("std@sys_file_type", 1) var sys_command = $loader.loadprim("std@sys_command", 1)
var name = "input.txt" $print(name, " exists as file: ", sys_exists(name), "\n")
$print(name = "docs", " exists as dir: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "dir", "\n") $print(name = "neko", " exists as dir: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "dir", "\n")
$print(name = "/input.txt", " exists as file: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "file", "\n") $print(name = "/docs", " exists as dir: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "dir", "\n") $print(name = "/tmp", " exists as dir: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "dir", "\n")
/* bonus round */ name = "empty.txt" var stat_size = $loader.loadprim("std@sys_stat", 1)(name).size $print(name, " exists as empty file: ", sys_exists(name) && stat_size == 0, "\n")
name = "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt" $print(name, " exists as file: ", sys_exists(name) && sys_file_type(name) == "file", "\n")</lang>
- Output:
prompt$ nekoc exists.neko prompt$ neko exists.n input.txt exists as file: true docs exists as dir: false neko exists as dir: true /input.txt exists as file: false /docs exists as dir: false /tmp exists as dir: true empty.txt exists as empty file: true `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt exists as file: true
Nemerle
<lang Nemerle>using System.Console; using System.IO;
WriteLine(File.Exists("input.txt")); WriteLine(File.Exists("/input.txt")); WriteLine(Directory.Exists("docs")); WriteLine(Directory.Exists("/docs"));</lang>
NetRexx
<lang NetRexx>/* NetRexx */ options replace format comments java crossref symbols binary
runSample(arg) return
-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . method isExistingFile(fn) public static returns boolean
ff = File(fn) fExists = ff.exists() & ff.isFile() return fExists
-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . method isExistingDirectory(fn) public static returns boolean
ff = File(fn) fExists = ff.exists() & ff.isDirectory() return fExists
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ method runSample(arg) private static
parse arg files
if files = then files = 'input.txt F docs D /input.txt F /docs D'
loop while files.length > 0
parse files fn ft files
select case(ft.upper())
when 'F' then do
if isExistingFile(fn) then ex = 'exists'
else ex = 'does not exist'
say 'File fn' ex
end
when 'D' then do
if isExistingDirectory(fn) then ex = 'exists'
else ex = 'does not exist'
say 'Directory fn' ex
end
otherwise do
if isExistingFile(fn) then ex = 'exists'
else ex = 'does not exist'
say 'File fn' ex
end
end
end
return
</lang>
NewLISP
<lang NewLISP>(dolist (file '("input.txt" "/input.txt"))
(if (file? file true)
(println "file " file " exists")))
(dolist (dir '("docs" "/docs"))
(if (directory? dir)
(println "directory " dir " exists")))</lang>
Nim
<lang nim>import os
echo fileExists "input.txt" echo fileExists "/input.txt" echo dirExists "docs" echo dirExists "/docs"</lang>
Objeck
<lang objeck> use IO;
bundle Default {
class Test {
function : Main(args : String[]) ~ Nil {
File->Exists("input.txt")->PrintLine();
File->Exists("/input.txt")->PrintLine();
Directory->Exists("docs")->PrintLine();
Directory->Exists("/docs")->PrintLine();
}
} </lang>
Objective-C
<lang objc>NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager]; NSLog(@"input.txt %s", [fm fileExistsAtPath:@"input.txt"] ? @"exists" : @"doesn't exist"); NSLog(@"docs %s", [fm fileExistsAtPath:@"docs"] ? @"exists" : @"doesn't exist");</lang>
OCaml
<lang ocaml>Sys.file_exists "input.txt";; Sys.file_exists "docs";; Sys.file_exists "/input.txt";; Sys.file_exists "/docs";;</lang>
ooRexx
<lang oorexx>/**********************************************************************
- exists(filespec)
- returns 1 if filespec identifies a file with size>0
- (a file of size 0 is deemed not to exist.)
- or a directory
- 0 otherwise
- 09.06.2013 Walter Pachl (retrieved from my toolset)
- /
exists:
parse arg spec call sysfiletree spec, 'LIST', 'BL' if list.0\=1 then return 0 -- does not exist parse var list.1 . . size flags . if size>0 then return 1 -- real file If substr(flags,2,1)='D' Then Do Say spec 'is a directory' Return 1 End If size=0 Then Say spec 'is a zero-size file' Return 0</lang>
Oz
<lang oz>declare
[Path] = {Module.link ['x-oz://system/os/Path.ozf']}
in
{Show {Path.exists "docs"}}
{Show {Path.exists "input.txt"}}
{Show {Path.exists "/docs"}}
{Show {Path.exists "/input.txt"}}</lang>
PARI/GP
<lang parigp>trap(,"does not exist",read("input.txt");"exists") trap(,"does not exist",read("c:\\input.txt");"exists") trap(,"does not exist",read("c:\\dirname\\nul");"exists")</lang>
A better version would use externstr.
Under PARI it would typically be more convenient to use C methods.
Pascal
See Delphi
Perl
<lang perl>use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile rootdir);
- here
print -e 'input.txt'; print -d 'docs';
- root dir
print -e catfile rootdir, 'input.txt'; print -d catfile rootdir, 'docs';</lang>
Without a Perl Module
A 1 is printed if the file or dir exists.
perl -e 'print -e "./input.txt", "\n";' perl -e 'print -d "./docs", "\n";' perl -e 'print -e "/input.txt", "\n";' perl -e 'print -d "/docs", "\n";'
Phix
procedure check(string name) bool bExists = file_exists(name), bDir = get_file_type(name)=FILETYPE_DIRECTORY string exists = iff(bExists?"exists":"does not exist"), dfs = iff(bExists?iff(bDir?"directory ":"file "):"") printf(1,"%s%s %s.\n",{dfs,name,exists}) end procedure check("input.txt") check("docs") check("/input.txt") check("/docs") check("/pagefile.sys") check("/Program Files (x86)")
- Output:
file input.txt exists. directory docs exists. /input.txt does not exist. /docs does not exist. file /pagefile.sys exists. directory /Program Files (x86) exists.
Phixmonti
<lang Phixmonti>"foo.bar" "w" fopen "Hallo !" over fputs fclose
"fou.bar" "r" fopen dup 0 < if "Could not open 'foo.bar' for reading" print drop else fclose endif</lang>
PHP
<lang php>if (file_exists('input.txt')) echo 'input.txt is here right by my side'; if (file_exists('docs' )) echo 'docs is here with me'; if (file_exists('/input.txt')) echo 'input.txt is over there in the root dir'; if (file_exists('/docs' )) echo 'docs is over there in the root dir';</lang>
PicoLisp
<lang PicoLisp>(if (info "file.txt")
(prinl "Size: " (car @) " bytes, last modified " (stamp (cadr @) (cddr @))) (prinl "File doesn't exist") )
- for directory existing
- Nehal-Singhal 2018-05-25
(if (info "./docs")
(print 'exists) (print 'doesNotExist)))
- To verify if it's really a directory, (CAR of return value will be 'T').
- abu 2018-05-25
(let I (info "./docs")
(prinl
(nond
(I "Does not exist")
((=T (car I)) "Is not a directory")
(NIL "Directory exists") ) ) )
</lang>
Pike
<lang pike>import Stdio;
int main(){
if(exist("/var")){
write("/var exists!\n");
}
if(exist("file-exists.pike")){
write("I exist!\n");
}
}</lang>
PL/I
<lang pli>*Process source or(!);
/*********************************************************************
* 20.10.2013 Walter Pachl
* 'set dd:f=d:\_l\xxx.txt,recsize(300)'
* 'tex'
*********************************************************************/
tex: Proc Options(main);
Dcl fid Char(30) Var Init('D:\_l\tst.txt');
Dcl xxx Char(30) Var Init('D:\_l\nix.txt');
Dcl r Char(1000) Var;
Dcl f Record input;
On Undefinedfile(f) Goto label;
Open File(f) Title('/'!!fid);
Read file(f) Into(r);
Put Skip List('First line of file '!!fid!!': '!!r);
Close File(f);
Open File(f) Title('/'!!xxx);
Read file(f) Into(r);
Put Skip List(r);
Close File(f);
Label: Put Skip List('File '!!xxx!!' not found');
End;</lang>
- Output:
First line of file D:\_l\tst.txt: Test line 1 File D:\_l\nix.txt not found
PL/M
This sample assumes that the original 8080 PL/M compiler is used and that the program will be running under CP/M.
CP/M doesn't have a hierarchical file-system, so there are no folders or directories. This sample looks for INPUT.TXT on the current drive and also on the D: drive. An error will occur if there is no D: drive, so it is best not to run this if you haven't got one... :)
Note that CP/M restricts file names to 7-bit ascii upper-case and not all non-letter, non-digit characters can be used.
CP/M filenames are up to 8 characters long with an optional, up to three character extension.
<lang plm>100H:
DECLARE FCB$SIZE LITERALLY '36';
BDOS: PROCEDURE( FN, ARG )BYTE; /* CP/M BDOS SYSTEM CALL, RETURNS A VALUE */
DECLARE FN BYTE, ARG ADDRESS;
GOTO 5;
END BDOS;
BDOS$P: PROCEDURE( FN, ARG ); /* CP/M BDOS SYSTEM CALL, NO RETURN VALUE */
DECLARE FN BYTE, ARG ADDRESS;
GOTO 5;
END BDOS$P;
PRINT$CHAR: PROCEDURE( C ); DECLARE C BYTE; CALL BDOS$P( 2, C ); END;
PRINT$STRING: PROCEDURE( S ); DECLARE S ADDRESS; CALL BDOS$P( 9, S ); END;
PRINT$NL: PROCEDURE; CALL PRINT$STRING( .( 0DH, 0AH, '$' ) ); END;
SEARCH$FIRST: PROCEDURE( FCB )BYTE; /* RETURN 0, 1, 2, 3 IF FILE IN FCB */
DECLARE FCB ADDRESS; /* EXISTS, 255 OTHERWISE */
RETURN BDOS( 17, FCB );
END SEARCH$FIRST ;
INIT$FCB: PROCEDURE( FCB, NAME ); /* INITIALISE A FILE-CONTROL-BLOCK */
DECLARE ( FCB, NAME ) ADDRESS; /* SETTING THE FILE NAME */
DECLARE ( F$PTR, N$PTR, X$PTR ) ADDRESS;
DECLARE F BASED F$PTR BYTE, N BASED N$PTR BYTE;
DECLARE BLANKS ( 5 )BYTE INITIAL( ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '$' );
X$PTR = .BLANKS;
N$PTR = NAME + 1;
F$PTR = FCB;
IF N <> ':' THEN DO; /* NO DRIVE LETTER */
F = 0;
N$PTR = NAME;
END;
ELSE DO; /* FIRST CHAR IS THE DRIVE LETTER */
N$PTR = NAME;
F = ( N + 1 ) - 'A';
N$PTR = N$PTR + 2;
END;
DO F$PTR = FCB + 1 TO FCB + 8; /* NAME */
IF N = '$' THEN N$PTR = .BLANKS;
ELSE IF N = '.' THEN DO; /* START OF THE EXTENSION */
X$PTR = N$PTR + 1;
N$PTR = .BLANKS;
END;
F = N;
N$PTR = N$PTR + 1;
END;
N$PTR = X$PTR; /* EXTENSION */
DO F$PTR = FCB + 9 TO FCB + 11;
IF N = '$' THEN N$PTR =.BLANKS;
F = N;
N$PTR = N$PTR + 1;
END;
DO F$PTR = FCB + 12 TO FCB + ( FCB$SIZE - 1 ); /* OTHER FIELDS */
F = 0;
END;
END INIT$FCB ;
EXISTS: PROCEDURE( FCB )BYTE; /* RETURNS TRUE IF THE FILE NAMED IN THE */
DECLARE FCB ADDRESS; /* FCB EXISTS */
RETURN ( SEARCH$FIRST( FCB ) < 4 );
END EXISTS ;
DECLARE FCB$1$DATA ( FCB$SIZE )BYTE; /* DECLARE A FILE-CONTROL-BLOCK */ DECLARE FCB$1 ADDRESS; FCB$1 = .FCB$1$DATA;
/* CP/M DOES NOT HAVE DIRECTORIES/FOLDERS - THIS TESTS FOR INPUT.TXT IN */
/* THE CURRENT DEFAULT DRIVE */
CALL INIT$FCB( FCB$1, .'INPUT.TXT$' );
CALL PRINT$STRING( .'INPUT.TXT: $' );
IF EXISTS( FCB$1 ) THEN CALL PRINT$STRING( .'EXISTS$' );
ELSE CALL PRINT$STRING( .'DOES NOT EXIST$' );
CALL PRINT$NL;
/* CHECK FOR INPUT.TXT IN THE D: DRIVE */
/* !!! THIS WILL CAUSE AN ERROR IF THERE IS NO DRIVE D: !!! */
/* !!! OR THERE IS NO DISC IN DRIVE D: !!! */
CALL INIT$FCB( FCB$1, .'D:INPUT.TXT$' );
CALL PRINT$STRING( .'D:INPUT.TXT: $' );
IF EXISTS( FCB$1 ) THEN CALL PRINT$STRING( .'EXISTS$' );
ELSE CALL PRINT$STRING( .'DOES NOT EXIST$' );
CALL PRINT$NL;
EOF</lang>
- Output:
Assuming there is no INPUT.TXT on the current drive, but there is one on D:.
INPUT.TXT: DOES NOT EXIST D:INPUT.TXT: EXISTS
Assuming there is no INPUT.TXT on the current drive and there os no D: drive.
INPUT.TXT: DOES NOT EXIST D:INPUT.TXT: Bdos Err on A: Select
Pop11
<lang pop11>sys_file_exists('input.txt') => sys_file_exists('/input.txt') => sys_file_exists('docs') => sys_file_exists('/docs') =></lang>
Note that the above literally checks for existence. Namely sys_file_exists returns true if file exists but can not be read.
The only sure method to check if file can be read is to try to open it. If one just wants to check if file is readable the following may be useful:
<lang pop11>;;; Define an auxilary function, returns boolean define file_readable(fname);
lvars f = sysopen(fname, 0, true, `A`);
if f then
sysclose(f);
return (true);
else
return (false);
endif;
enddefine;</lang>
The above works but is not the only way or the best way to check status of a file in Pop11. There is a very general procedure sys_file_stat that allows interrogation of a file or directory. The full documentation can be seen in the online documentation (search for sys_file_stat):
http://wwwcgi.rdg.ac.uk:8081/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wsi14/poplog/pop11/ref/sysio
http://www.poplog.org/docs/popdocs/pop11/ref/sysio
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/poplog/doc/popref/sysio (Not so well formatted).
Users can easily define special cases of the general procedure.
PowerShell
<lang powershell> if (Test-Path -Path .\input.txt) {
write-host "File input exist"
} else {
write-host "File input doesn't exist"
}</lang>
Prolog
<lang prolog>
exists_file('input.txt'), exists_directory('docs').
exits_file('/input.txt'), exists_directory('/docs').
</lang>
PureBasic
<lang PureBasic>result = ReadFile(#PB_Any, "input.txt") If result>0 : Debug "this local file exists"
Else : Debug "result=" +Str(result) +" so this local file is missing"
EndIf
result = ReadFile(#PB_Any, "/input.txt") If result>0 : Debug "this root file exists"
Else : Debug "result=" +Str(result) +" so this root file is missing"
EndIf
result = ExamineDirectory(#PB_Any,"docs","") If result>0 : Debug "this local directory exists"
Else : Debug "result=" +Str(result) +" so this local directory is missing"
EndIf
result = ExamineDirectory(#PB_Any,"/docs","") If result>0 : Debug "this root directory exists"
Else : Debug "result=" +Str(result) +" so this root directory is missing"
EndIf </lang>
Python
<lang python>import os
os.path.isfile("input.txt") os.path.isfile("/input.txt") os.path.isdir("docs") os.path.isdir("/docs")</lang>
The more generic os.path.exists(path) function will return True if the path exists, being it either a regular file or a directory.
R
<lang R>file.exists("input.txt") file.exists("/input.txt") file.exists("docs") file.exists("/docs")
- or
file.exists("input.txt", "/input.txt", "docs", "/docs")</lang>
The function file.exists returns a logical value (or a vector of logical values if more than one argument is passed)
This works with special names:
<lang R>file.exists("`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt")</lang>
Racket
<lang Racket>
- lang racket
- here
(file-exists? "input.txt") (file-exists? "docs")
- in the root
(file-exists? "/input.txt") (file-exists? "/docs")
- or in the root with relative paths
(parameterize ([current-directory "/"])
(and (file-exists? "input.txt")
(file-exists? "docs")))
</lang>
Raku
(formerly Perl 6) <lang perl6> my $path = "/etc/passwd"; say $path.IO.e ?? "Exists" !! "Does not exist";
given $path.IO {
when :d { say "$path is a directory"; }
when :f { say "$path is a regular file"; }
when :e { say "$path is neither a directory nor a file, but it does exist"; }
default { say "$path does not exist" }
}</lang>
when internally uses the smart match operator ~~, so when :e really does $given ~~ :e instead of the method call $given.e; both test whether the file exists.
<lang perl6> run ('touch', "♥ Unicode.txt");
say "♥ Unicode.txt".IO.e; # "True" say "♥ Unicode.txt".IO ~~ :e; # same </lang>
Raven
<lang raven>'input.txt' exists if 'input.txt exists' print '/input.txt' exists if '/input.txt exists' print 'docs' isdir if 'docs exists and is a directory' print '/docs' isdir if '/docs exists and is a directory' print</lang>
REBOL
<lang REBOL>exists? %input.txt exists? %docs/
exists? %/input.txt exists? %/docs/</lang>
Red
<lang Red>exists? %input.txt exists? %docs/ exists? %/c/input.txt exists? %/c/docs/ exists? %//input.txt exists? %//docs/
>> exists? %`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt == true</lang>
REXX
version 1
<lang rexx>/*REXX program creates a new empty file and directory in current directory and root dir.*/ fn= 'input.txt' /*default name of a file. */ dn= 'docs' /*default name of a directory (folder).*/ @.1= 'current directory'; @.2= 'root directory' /*messages used to indicate which pass.*/ parse upper version v /*obtain name of the REXX being used. */ regina= pos('REGINA' , v)\==0 /*is this the Regina REXX being used? */ r4 = pos('REXX-R4' , v)\==0 /*is this the R4 REXX being used? */ @doesnt= "doesn't exist in the" @does = "does exist in the"
do j=1 for 2; say /* [↑] perform these statements twice.*/
if stream(fn, 'C', "QUERY EXISTS")== then say 'file ' fn @doesnt @.j
else say 'file ' fn @does @.j
if j==2 then iterate
if stream(dn, 'C', "QUERY EXISTS")== then say 'directory' dn @doesnt @.j
else say 'directory' dn @does @.j
if j==1 then select
when regina then call chdir '\' /*use Regina's version of CHDIR. */
when r4 then call stream '\', "C", 'CHDIR' /*R4's version. */
otherwise call doschdir '\' /*PC/REXX & Personal REXX version.*/
end /*select*/
end /*j*/ /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */</lang>
version 2
<lang rexx> /* Check if a file already exists */ filename='file.txt' IF ~Openfile(filename) THEN CALL Openfile(':'filename) EXIT 0 Openfile: IF ~Exists(filename) THEN RETURN 0 CALL Open(filehandle,filename,'APPEND') RETURN 1 </lang>
Ring
<lang ring> aFile = "C:\Ring\ReadMe.txt" see aFile if Fexists(aFile) see " exists" + nl else see " doesn't exist" + nl ok </lang>
RLaB
RLaB provides two user functions for the task, isfile and isdir. <lang RLaB> >> isdir("docs")
0
>> isfile("input.txt")
0
</lang>
Ruby
File.exists? only checks if a file exists; it can be a regular file, a directory, or something else. File.file? or File.directory? checks for a regular file or a directory. Ruby also allows FileTest.file? or FileTest.directory?.
<lang ruby>File.file?("input.txt") File.file?("/input.txt") File.directory?("docs") File.directory?("/docs")</lang>
The next program runs all four checks and prints the results.
<lang ruby>["input.txt", "/input.txt"].each { |f|
printf "%s is a regular file? %s\n", f, File.file?(f) }
["docs", "/docs"].each { |d|
printf "%s is a directory? %s\n", d, File.directory?(d) }</lang>
Run BASIC
<lang runbasic>files #f,"input.txt" if #f hasanswer() = 1 then print "File does not exist" files #f,"docs" if #f hasanswer() = 1 then print "File does not exist" if #f isDir() = 0 then print "This is a directory" </lang>
Rust
<lang rust>use std::fs;
fn main() {
for file in ["input.txt", "docs", "/input.txt", "/docs"].iter() {
match fs::metadata(file) {
Ok(attr) => {
if attr.is_dir() {
println!("{} is a directory", file);
}else {
println!("{} is a file", file);
}
},
Err(_) => {
println!("{} does not exist", file);
}
};
}
} </lang>
Scala
<lang scala>import java.nio.file.{ Files, FileSystems }
object FileExistsTest extends App {
val defaultFS = FileSystems.getDefault() val separator = defaultFS.getSeparator()
def test(filename: String) {
val path = defaultFS.getPath(filename)
println(s"The following ${if (Files.isDirectory(path)) "directory" else "file"} called $filename" +
(if (Files.exists(path)) " exists." else " not exists."))
}
// main
List("output.txt", separator + "output.txt", "docs", separator + "docs" + separator).foreach(test)
}</lang>
Scheme
<lang scheme>(file-exists? filename)</lang>
Seed7
<lang seed7>$ include "seed7_05.s7i";
const proc: main is func
begin
writeln(fileType("input.txt") = FILE_REGULAR);
writeln(fileType("/input.txt") = FILE_REGULAR);
writeln(fileType("docs") = FILE_DIR);
writeln(fileType("/docs") = FILE_DIR);
end func;</lang>
SenseTalk
<lang sensetalk> put file "input.txt" exists put folder "docs" exists
put file "/input.txt" exists put there is a folder "/docs" </lang>
Sidef
<lang ruby># Here say (Dir.cwd + %f'input.txt' -> is_file); say (Dir.cwd + %d'docs' -> is_dir);
- Root
say (Dir.root + %f'input.txt' -> is_file); say (Dir.root + %d'docs' -> is_dir);</lang> NOTE: To check only for existence, use the method exists
Slate
<lang slate>(File newNamed: 'input.txt') exists (File newNamed: '/input.txt') exists (Directory root / 'input.txt') exists (Directory newNamed: 'docs') exists (Directory newNamed: '/docs') exists</lang>
Smalltalk
Squeak has no notion of 'current directory' because it isn't tied to the shell that created it.
<lang smalltalk>FileDirectory new fileExists: 'c:\serial'. (FileDirectory on: 'c:\') directoryExists: 'docs'.</lang>
In GNU Smalltalk instead you can do:
<lang smalltalk>(Directory name: 'docs') exists ifTrue: [ ... ] (Directory name: 'c:\docs') exists ifTrue: [ ... ] (File name: 'serial') isFile ifTrue: [ ... ] (File name: 'c:\serial') isFile ifTrue: [ ... ]</lang>
Using exists in the third and fourth case will return true for directories too.
Standard ML
<lang sml>OS.FileSys.access ("input.txt", []); OS.FileSys.access ("docs", []); OS.FileSys.access ("/input.txt", []); OS.FileSys.access ("/docs", []);</lang>
Stata
Mata has functions to check the existence of files and directories: <lang stata>mata fileexists("input.txt") direxists("docs") end</lang>
It's not as straightforward in Stata's macro language. For files, use confirm. Since it throws an error when the file does not exist, use capture and check _rc afterwards.
<lang stata>capture confirm file input.txt if !_rc { * do something if the file exists }</lang>
It's not possible to check the existence of a directory with confirm. One may use the confirmdir package from SSC. The confirmdir command saves the current directory, then tries to chdir to the directory to test (with capture to prevent an error). Then the value of _rc is put in a stored result. Example of use:
<lang stata>confirmdir docs if !`r(confirmdir)' { * do something if the directory exists }</lang>
The command works with special names, but one has to be careful: the name "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt" contains a backquote, which is used to denote macros in Stata. So this character must be escaped with a backslash:
<lang stata>confirm file "\`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt"</lang>
Tcl
Taking the meaning of the task from the DOS example: <lang tcl>if { [file exists "input.txt"] } {
puts "input.txt exists"
}
if { [file exists [file nativename "/input.txt"]] } {
puts "/input.txt exists"
}
if { [file isdirectory "docs"] } {
puts "docs exists and is a directory"
}
if { [file isdirectory [file nativename "/docs"]] } {
puts "/docs exists and is a directory"
}</lang> Note that these operations do not require the use of file nativename on either Windows or any version of Unix.
Toka
<lang toka>[ "R" file.open dup 0 <> [ dup file.close ] ifTrue 0 <> ] is exists? " input.txt" exists? . " /input.txt" exists? . " docs" exists? . " /docs" exists? .</lang>
TUSCRIPT
<lang tuscript> $$ MODE TUSCRIPT file="input.txt",directory="docs" IF (file=='file') THEN PRINT file, " exists" ELSE PRINT/ERROR file," not exists" ENDIF IF (directory=='project') THEN PRINT directory," exists" ELSE PRINT/ERROR "directory ",directory," not exists" ENDIF </lang>
- Output:
input.txt exists @@@@@@@@ directory docs not exists @@@@@@@@
UNIX Shell
<lang bash>test -f input.txt test -f /input.txt test -d docs test -d /docs</lang>
The next program runs all four checks and prints the results.
<lang bash>for f in input.txt /input.txt; do test -f "$f" && r=true || r=false echo "$f is a regular file? $r" done for d in docs /docs; do test -d "$d" && r=true || r=false echo "$d is a directory? $r" done</lang>
Ursa
The easiest way to do this in Ursa is to attempt to open the file in question. If it doesn't exist, an ioerror will be thrown. <lang ursa>def exists (string filename) decl file f try f.open filename return true catch ioerror return false end try end exists</lang>
Vala
This needs to be compiled with the gio-2.0 package: valac --pkg gio-2.0 check_that_file_exists.vala <lang vala>int main (string[] args) {
string[] files = {"input.txt", "docs", Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "input.txt", Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "docs"};
foreach (string f in files) {
var file = File.new_for_path (f);
print ("%s exists: %s\n", f, file.query_exists ().to_string ());
}
return 0;
}</lang> A more complete version which informs whether the existing file is a regular file or a directory <lang vala>int main (string[] args) {
string[] files = {"input.txt", "docs", Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "input.txt", Path.DIR_SEPARATOR_S + "docs"};
foreach (var f in files) {
var file = File.new_for_path (f);
var exists = file.query_exists ();
var name = "";
if (!exists) {
print ("%s does not exist\n", f);
} else {
var type = file.query_file_type (FileQueryInfoFlags.NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS);
if (type == 1) {
name = "file";
} else if (type == 2) {
name = "directory";
}
print ("%s %s exists\n", name, f);
}
}
return 0;
}</lang>
VBA
<lang vb> Option Explicit
Sub Main_File_Exists() Dim myFile As String, myDirectory As String
myFile = "Abdu'l-Bahá.txt" myDirectory = "C:\" Debug.Print File_Exists(myFile, myDirectory)
End Sub
Function File_Exists(F As String, D As String) As Boolean
If F = "" Then
File_Exists = False
Else
D = IIf(Right(D, 1) = "\", D, D & "\")
File_Exists = (Dir(D & F) <> "")
End If
End Function </lang>
VBScript
<lang vbscript>Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Function FileExists(strFile)
If FSO.FileExists(strFile) Then
FileExists = True
Else
FileExists = False
End If
End Function
Function FolderExists(strFolder)
If FSO.FolderExists(strFolder) Then
FolderExists = True
Else
Folderexists = False
End If
End Function
Usage (apostrophes indicate comments-this section will not be run) 'If FileExists("C:\test.txt") Then ' MsgBox "It Exists!" 'Else ' Msgbox "awww" 'End If '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
'Shorter version
If CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").FileExists("d:\test.txt") Then
Wscript.Echo "File Exists"
Else
Wscript.Echo "File Does Not Exist")
End If
</lang>
Vedit macro language
Vedit allows using either '\' or '/' as directory separator character, it is automatically converted to the one used by the operating system. <lang vedit>// In current directory if (File_Exist("input.txt")) { M("input.txt exists\n") } else { M("input.txt does not exist\n") } if (File_Exist("docs/nul", NOERR)) { M("docs exists\n") } else { M("docs does not exist\n") }
// In the root directory if (File_Exist("/input.txt")) { M("/input.txt exists\n") } else { M("/input.txt does not exist\n") } if (File_Exist("/docs/nul", NOERR)) { M("/docs exists\n") } else { M("/docs does not exist\n") }</lang>
Visual Basic
The proposed solutions for VBA and VBScript work in VB6 as well, however here's a Windows API based approach: <lang vb> 'declarations: Public Declare Function GetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "GetFileAttributesA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Public Const INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES As Long = -1 Public Const ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION As Long = 32&
'implementation: Public Function FileExists(ByVal Filename As String) As Boolean Dim l As Long l = GetFileAttributes(Filename)
If l <> INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES Then FileExists = ((l And vbDirectory) = 0) ElseIf Err.LastDllError = ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION Then FileExists = True End If
End Function </lang>
Visual Basic .NET
Platform: .NET
<lang vbnet>'Current Directory Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists("docs"), "directory exists", "directory doesn't exists")) Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists("output.txt"), "file exists", "file doesn't exists"))
'Root Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists("\docs"), "directory exists", "directory doesn't exists")) Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists("\output.txt"), "file exists", "file doesn't exists"))
'Root, platform independent Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "docs"), _
"directory exists", "directory doesn't exists"))
Console.WriteLine(If(IO.Directory.Exists(IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar & "output.txt"), _
"file exists", "file doesn't exists"))</lang>
Wren
Empty files and directories have been created beforehand.
To check a file or directory exists in the root, just change "input.txt" to "/input.txt" and "docs" to "/docs" in the following script.
Since in Linux an empty directory has a size of 4K bytes, we check the number of files it contains to confirm that it's empty. <lang ecmascript>import "io" for Directory, File
for (name in ["input.txt", "`Abdu'l-Bahá.txt"]) {
if (File.exists(name)) {
System.print("%(name) file exists and has a size of %(File.size(name)) bytes.")
} else {
System.print("%(name) file does not exist.")
}
}
var dir = "docs" // if it exists get number of files it contains if (Directory.exists(dir)) {
var files = Directory.list(dir).count
System.print("%(dir) directory exists and contains %(files) files.")
} else {
System.print("%(dir) directory does not exist.")
}</lang>
- Output:
input.txt file exists and has a size of 0 bytes. `Abdu'l-Bahá.txt file exists and has a size of 0 bytes. docs directory exists and contains 0 files.
Yabasic
<lang Yabasic>open "foo.bar" for writing as #1 print #1 "Hallo !" close #1 if (not open(1,"foo.bar")) print "Could not open 'foo.bar' for reading" close #1 if (not open(1,"buzz.bar")) print "Could not open 'buzz.bar' for reading" </lang>
zkl
<lang zkl>File.exists("input.txt") //--> True (in this case a sym link) File.exists("/input.txt") //-->False File.isDir("/") //-->True File.isDir("docs") //-->False </lang>
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