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FUNCTIONS OS FUNCTIONS

os.FileExists

Reports whether the file or directory exists.

Syntax

os.FileExists PATH

Returns

bool

Alias

fileExists

The os.FileExists function attempts to resolve the path relative to the root of your project directory. If a matching file or directory is not found, it will attempt to resolve the path relative to the contentDir. A leading path separator (/) is optional.

With this directory structure:

content/
├── about.md
├── contact.md
└── news/
    ├── article-1.md
    └── article-2.md

The function returns these values:

{{ fileExists "content" }} → true
{{ fileExists "content/news" }} → true
{{ fileExists "content/news/article-1" }} → false
{{ fileExists "content/news/article-1.md" }} → true
{{ fileExists "news" }} → true
{{ fileExists "news/article-1" }} → false
{{ fileExists "news/article-1.md" }} → true

See also

  • os.Getenv
  • os.ReadDir
  • os.ReadFile
  • os.Stat

In this section

  • os.FileExists
  • os.Getenv
  • os.ReadDir
  • os.ReadFile
  • os.Stat
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