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Java - check if file is directory
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In this article, we would like to show you how to check that file is a directory in Java.
Quick solution:
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import java.io.File;2
import java.io.IOException;3
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public class Example {5
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public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {7
File file = new File("C:\\projects\\file.txt");8
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if (file.isDirectory()) {10
System.out.println("File is a directory.");11
} else {12
System.out.println("File denoted by this pathname not exists or is not a directory.");13
}14
}15
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import java.io.File;2
import java.io.IOException;3
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public class Example {5
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public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {7
File file = new File("C:\\projects\\file.txt");8
System.out.println("File is a directory: " + file.isDirectory()); // File is a directory: false9
}10
}Projects structure
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C/2
|3
+- projects/4
|5
+- file.txtCode:
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import java.io.File;2
import java.io.IOException;3
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public class Example {5
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public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {7
File file1 = new File("C:\\projects\\file.txt");8
File file2 = new File("C:\\projects");9
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System.out.println("File1 is a directory: " + file1.isDirectory());11
System.out.println("File2 is a directory: " + file2.isDirectory());12
}13
}Output:
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File1 is a directory: false2
File2 is a directory: true