DirectoryExists

Description

Determines whether on-disk or in-memory directory exists.

Returns

Yes, if the specified directory exists; No, otherwise.

Category

System functions

Function syntax

DirectoryExists(absolute_path)

See also

DirectoryCreate, DirectoryDelete, DirectoryList, DirectoryRename

Parameters

Parameter

Description

absolute_path

An absolute on-disk or in-memory path. Alternatively, you can specify IP address as in the following example: DirectoryExists("//12.3.123.123/c_drive/test");

Example

<h3>DirectoryExists Example</h3> 
<h3>Enter a directory to check for existence.</h2> 
<form action = "directoryexists.cfm" method="post"> 
    <input type = "text" name = "yourDirectory"> 
    <br> 
    <input type = "submit" name = "submit"> 
</form> 
 
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.yourDirectory")> 
    <cfif FORM.yourDirectory is not ""> 
    <cfset yourDirectory = FORM.yourDirectory> 
        <cfif DirectoryExists(yourDirectory)> 
            <cfoutput> 
            <p>Your directory exists. Directory name: #yourDirectory# 
            </cfoutput> 
        <cfelse> 
            <p>Your directory does not exist.</p> 
        </cfif> 
    </cfif> 
</cfif>