Checks for the existence of a folder and returns its attributes.
AttributeString := DirExist(FilePattern)
Type: String
The name of a single folder or a wildcard pattern such as "C:\Program*". FilePattern is assumed to be in A_WorkingDir if an absolute path isn't specified.
Both asterisks (*) and question marks (?) are supported as wildcards. * matches zero or more characters and ? matches any single character. Usage examples:
* matches all folders.gr?y matches e.g. gray and grey.*report* matches any folder name containing the word "report".Type: String
This function returns the attributes of the first matching folder. This string is a subset of RASHDOC, where each letter means the following:
Since this function only checks for the existence of a folder, "D" is always present in the return value. If no folder is found, an empty string is returned.
Note that searches such as DirExist("MyFolder\*") with MyFolder containing files and subfolders will only tell you whether a folder exists. If you want to check for the existence of files and folders, use FileExist instead.
Unlike FileGetAttrib, DirExist supports wildcard patterns and always returns a non-empty value if a matching folder exists.
Since an empty string is seen as "false", the function's return value can always be used as a quasi-boolean value. For example, the statement if DirExist("C:\MyFolder") would be true if the folder exists and false otherwise.
Since FilePattern may contain wildcards, DirExist may be unsuitable for validating a folder path which is to be used with another function or program. For example, DirExist("Program*") may return attributes even though "Program*" is not a valid folder name. In such cases, FileGetAttrib is preferred.
FileExist, FileGetAttrib, file loops
Shows a message box if a folder does exist.
if DirExist("C:\Windows")
MsgBox "The target folder does exist."
Shows a message box if at least one program folder does exist.
if DirExist("C:\Program*")
MsgBox "At least one program folder exists."