package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
)
// IsPathxists returns true if a given path exists, false if it doesn't.
// It might return an error if e.g. file exists but you don't have
// access
func IsPathxists(path string) (bool, error) {
_, err := os.Lstat(path)
if err == nil {
return true, nil
}
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
return false, nil
}
// error other than not existing e.g. permission denied
return false, err
}
func printExists(path string) {
exists, err := IsPathxists(path)
if err == nil {
fmt.Printf("File '%s' exists: %v\n", path, exists)
} else {
fmt.Printf("IsFileExists('%s') failed with '%s'\n", path, err)
}
}
func main() {
printExists("main.go")
printExists("non-existent-file.txt")
}
