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Node.js check if path is file or directory

I can't seem to get any search results that explain how to do this.

All I want to do is be able to know if a given path is a file or a directory (folder).

Solution

  • The following should tell you. From the docs:

    fs.lstatSync(path_string).isDirectory()

    Objects returned from fs.stat() and fs.lstat() are of this type.

    stats.isFile()
stats.isDirectory()
stats.isBlockDevice()
stats.isCharacterDevice()
stats.isSymbolicLink() // (only valid with fs.lstat())
stats.isFIFO()
stats.isSocket()

    NOTE:

    The above solution will throw an Error if; for ex, the file or directory doesn't exist.

    If you want a true or false approach, try fs.existsSync(dirPath) && fs.lstatSync(dirPath).isDirectory(); as mentioned by Joseph in the comments below.