File exists in a directory

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Hello!

Is there a way to check whether a file exists in a directory?

I hope someone can help me.

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Do you mean check if a specific file exists in a directory, or check that the directory is not empty?

You can check for a specific file with a Read file node and a Catch node

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Or you could use the stats node from node-red-contrib-fs-ops to test it.

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[quote="jbudd, post:2, topic:82393"]
Do you mean check if a specific file exists in a directory, or check that the directory is not empty?

You can check for a specific file with a Read file node and a Catch node
[/quote] Thanks for the reply.

I would like to know whether a certain file exists

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