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directoryExists

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

directoryExists(path)
returns boolean

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
path string Yes   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");
allowRealPath boolean No   Lucee Only. boolean that defines if relative paths are interpreted or not.

Script Syntax

Checking if a directory called ‘icons’ exists and then creating the directory if it does not exist.

if (!directoryExists(expandPath('/assets/img/icons'))) {
	directoryCreate('assets/img/icons');
}

Expected Result: The directory ‘icons’ will be created under the img folder.