Date: 2009jul16 Platform: win32 Language: C/C++ Keywords: check, directory, dir, folder Q. How can I see if a path is a folder ? A. Here's an easy function for that:

BOOL IsDir(LPCSTR szDir) { DWORD dwAttrib; if ((dwAttrib = GetFileAttributes(szDir)) == 0xFFFFFFFF) return FALSE; return dwAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY; }

ExampleUse() { if (IsDir("c:\\Documents and Settings")) { printf("You have a D&S folder\n"); } else { printf("You do NOT have a D&S folder\n"); } }