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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

NameDescription
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.