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Check if file is a directory or not in Go (Golang)

Posted on January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by admin

See the below code to know if a file is a file or it is a directory

  • If temp is a file output will be = “temp is a file”
  • If temp is a directory output will be = “temp is a directory”
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
)
var (
fileInfo *os.FileInfo
err error
)
func main() {
info, err := os.Stat("temp")
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
log.Fatal("File does not exist.")
}
if info.IsDir() {
fmt.Println("temp is a directory")
} else {
fmt.Println("temp is a file")
}
}
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