DirExists
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Prototype

BoolExists:=DirExists(FileName)

Description

It checks if there is the directory passed as parameter.

Parameters

FileName
: string corresponding to the directory.

Returned value

BoolExists
: true or false logical value. If it returns true, directory exists, on the contrary, either it doesn't exist or it is not found.

Notes

None.

Example

// It checks if there is really a directory 
Esistente:=DirExists ('c:\files');

// It creates a directory if it doesn't exist
If Esistente<>True then CreateDir('c:\files');

// It checks if there is a file within the directory
Esistente:=FileExists ('c:\files\unfile');

// It creates a file if it doesn't exist 
If Esistente=False Then CreateFile('c:\files\unfile');

//It executes other operations…