Function std.file.isFile

On Windows, if a file is not a directory, then it's a file. So, either isFile or isDir will return true for any given file.

On Posix systems, if isFile is true, that indicates that the file is a regular file (e.g. not a block not device). So, on Posix systems, it's possible for both isFile and isDir to be false for a particular file (in which case, it's a special file). You can use getAttributes to get the attributes to figure out what type of special it is, or you can use DirEntry to get at its statBuf, which is the result from stat. In either case, see the man page for stat for more information.

Prototype

bool isFile(R)(
  R name
) @property
if (isInputRange!R && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!R));

Parameters

Returns

true if name specifies a file

Throws

FileException if the given file does not exist.

Examples

assert("/etc/fonts/fonts.conf".isFile);
assert(!"/usr/share/include".isFile);