is possible from path know if is file or folder
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eldonfsr · 2022-02-23 03:57

Is possible to know from path or string to know if is file or
folder...

I think check if has extension or not but now paths also allow many
characters...

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trev · 2022-02-23 04:29

See https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/fileexists.html

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dsiders · 2022-02-23 04:34

Quote from: trev on February 23, 2022, 05:29:40 amSee
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/fileexists.html

And:

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/directoryexists.html
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/findfirst.html

For UTF-8 equivalents:

https://dsiders.gitlab.io/lazdocsnext/lazutils/lazfileutils/fileexists
utf8.html
https://dsiders.gitlab.io/lazdocsnext/lazutils/lazfileutils/directorye
xistsutf8.html
https://dsiders.gitlab.io/lazdocsnext/lazutils/lazfileutils/findfirstu
tf8.html

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Remy Lebeau · 2022-02-23 17:05

Quote from: eldonfsr on February 23, 2022, 04:57:45 amIs possible to
know from path or string to know if is file or folder...

Yes, simply query the path for its attributes, such as with
SysUtils.FileGetAttr() or equivalent. If the attributes include the
faDirectory flag, the path is for a folder, otherwise it is for a
file.

Quote from: eldonfsr on February 23, 2022, 04:57:45 amI think check if
has extension or not but now paths also allow many characters...

That is not reliable enough.  Folder paths can have dots in them.