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Function `std.file.isDir`

Returns whether the given file is a directory.


						
				bool isDir(R)
				(
				

				  R name
				

				) @property
				

				if (isInputRange!R && !isInfinite!R && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!R) && !isConvertibleToString!R);
				

				

				bool isDir(R)
				(
				

				  auto ref R name
				

				) @property
				

				if (isConvertibleToString!R);

Parameters

Name	Description
name	The path to the file.

Returns

true if name specifies a directory

Throws

FileException if the given file does not exist.

Example

import std.exception : assertThrown;

auto dir = deleteme ~ "dir";
auto f = deleteme ~ "f";
scope(exit) dir.rmdir, f.remove;

assert(!dir.exists);
assertThrown!FileException(dir.isDir);

dir.mkdir;
assert(dir.isDir);

f.write(".");
assert(!f.isDir);

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.