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[File_IsDirectory]

Tag Link [File_IsDirectory] Category File
Type Substitution Source Available No
Support Preferred Version 3.0
Change Unchanged Data Source Any
Output Type Boolean Security Tag, File
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x

Description

[File_IsDirectory] tests a file path to determine if it is a directory or not. Accepts one parameter, the name of the file or directory to be inspected.

The file tags are protected by four different permissions. The user must have permission for all of the following in order to use this tag:
- Permission to use the tag itself.
- Permission to perform the file operation.
- Permission to work in the directory which contains the files.
- The filename extensions of the files which are being worked with must be allowed in Lasso Administration.

Syntax

[File_IsDirectoryFile Name]

Parameters

Required Parameters
File Name The name of the file/directory to be checked.

Examples

To check whether a file is a directory:

Use the [File_IsDirectory] tag. The following example inspects a file named myfile.txt from the root of the Web serving folder.

Since the file is not a directory, False is returned.

[File_IsDirectory: 'myfile.txt']

False