FileSystem.DirectoryExists(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

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Returns True if the specified directory exists.

public:
 static bool DirectoryExists(System::String ^ directory);

public static bool DirectoryExists(string directory);

static member DirectoryExists : string -> bool

Public Shared Function DirectoryExists (directory As String) As Boolean

Parameters

directory: String

Path of the directory.

Returns

Boolean

True if the directory exists; otherwise False. This method also returns False if the parameter represents the name and path of a file rather than a directory.

Examples

This example determines whether the directory C:\backup\logs exists and checks its properties.

If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("C:\backup\logs") Then
    Dim logInfo = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectoryInfo(
        "C:\backup\logs")
End If

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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