FileSystem.DirectoryExists(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

FileSystem.vb

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