Method Stdio.exist()

Method exist

int exist(string(8bit) path, bool|void do_not_follow_symlinks)

Description

Check if a path exists.

Parameter path

Filesystem path to check.

Parameter do_not_follow_symlinks

Return 1 also for broken symlinks.

Returns

Returns true if the given path exists (is a directory or file), otherwise false.

Note

May fail with eg errno() EFBIG if the file exists, but the filesystem doesn't support the file size.

See also

is_dir(), is_file(), is_link(), file_stat()