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Checking For Directory Existance

Alan Jackson
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Joined: Oct 26, 2004
Posts: 26
Im using some code to list the contents of a directory as a string, and Im wanting to add in some fail safes.

How would I go about checking if the directory exists first of all? If it doesnt exist, I want to output a message saying it doesnt exist.

Similarly, if the directory is empty I want to ouput that too.
Jeroen Wenting
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Joined: Oct 12, 2000
Posts: 5093
check the API docs for File. Everything you need is in there, it's only a few lines of code.


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Ernest Friedman-Hill
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Joined: Jul 08, 2003
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That's java.io.File. See the "exists" method.


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I agree. Here's the link: http://aspose.com/file-tools
 
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