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How do you check if a path is a directory or file in python?
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os. path. isdir() method in Python is used to check whether the specified path is an existing directory or not. This method follows a symbolic link, which means if the specified path is a symbolic link pointing to a directory then the method will return True.
To check if the path you have is a file or directory, import os module and use isfile() method to check if it is a file, and isdir() method to check if it is a directory.
In Python, you can check whether certain files or directories exist using the isfile() and isdir() methods, respectively. However, if you use isfile() to check if a certain directory exists, the method will return False. Likewise, if you use if isdir() to check whether a certain file exists, the method returns False.
A regular file is one type of file stored in a file system. It is called "regular" primarily to distinguish it from other special types of files. Most files used directly by a human user are regular files. For example, executable files, text files, and image files are regular files.
os.path.isfile("bob.txt") # Does bob.txt exist? Is it a file, or a directory? os.path.isdir("bob") use os.path.isdir(path)
more info here http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html
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