R.utils (version 2.6.0)

isDirectory: Checks if the file specification is a directory

Description

Checks if the file specification is a directory.

Usage

# S3 method for default
isDirectory(pathname, ...)

Arguments

pathname

A character string of the pathname to be checked.

...

Not used.

Value

Returns TRUE if the file specification is a directory, otherwise FALSE is returned.

Symbolic links

This function follows symbolic links (also on Windows) and returns a value based on the link target (rather than the link itself).

See Also

To check if it is a file see isFile(). Internally file.info() is used. See also file_test.