directory.access: Check Whether Path is a Directory

In fileaccess: File and Directory Access Validation

Check Whether Path is a Directory

Description

Validates whether a directory exists and checks its read/write access along with content counts. Supports both local and UNC network paths.

Usage

directory.access(path)

Arguments

path	Character string. Directory path to validate.

Value

A list of class directory_access_result containing:

• path - Normalized directory path

• exists - TRUE/FALSE

• readable - TRUE/FALSE

• writable - TRUE/FALSE

• file_count - Number of files in directory

• folder_count - Number of subdirectories

• empty - TRUE/FALSE

• status - Overall status message

Examples

# Check a temporary directory
result <- directory.access(tempdir())
print(result)

# Check a path that does not exist
result <- directory.access(
  file.path(tempdir(), "no_such_folder")
)
print(result)


# UNC network path (requires network access)
directory.access("//server/share/project")

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