isfile

checks whether argument is an existing file

Calling Sequence

x = isfile(filenames)

Arguments

:filenames a character string or a string matrix. : :x a matrix of boolean ( %t if filenames are existing files). :

Description

x = isfile(filenames) checks whether filenames is an existing file or not (a directory is not a file). See also isdir.

Examples

filenames = `ls`_(SCI)

x = isfile(filenames)

isfile(SCI + '/etc')
`isdir`_(SCI + '/etc')

See Also

• fileinfo provides information about a file
• isdir checks if argument is a directory path