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How to check for file existence [duplicate]

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How do I find duplicate files on a file server?

Go to File Analysis > Reports > Storage Reports > Duplicate Files. Click the + next to the Select Servers field box. In the pop-up, choose the server in which you want to find duplicate files. Click Select.

How can I tell if a text file exists?

exists() function to check if a file exists. To check if a file exists, you pass the file path to the exists() function from the os. path standard library. If the file exists, the exists() function returns True .

How do I find duplicates between two folders?

To start your duplicate search, go to File -> Find Duplicates or click the Find Duplicates button on the main toolbar. The Find Duplicates dialog will open, as shown below. The Find Duplicates dialog is intuitive and easy to use. The first step is to specify which folders should be searched for duplicates.


# file? will only return true for files
File.file?(filename)

and

# Will also return true for directories - watch out!
File.exist?(filename)

Check out Pathname and in particular Pathname#exist?.

File and its FileTest module are perhaps simpler/more direct, but I find Pathname a nicer interface in general.