Yeah, I mean, while I agree that statting is the right way to solve this particular problem, it is kinda lame that fs.exists isn't consistent with, say, bash.
--Josh On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:54 PM, dhruvbird <dhruvb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I think Massimo has a point here. If "/myfile" is a regular file, then > pathname resolution to "/myfile/." should fails and exists should imho > return false. Only in the case that "/myfile" is a directory should > the call return true. > > Regards, > -Dhruv. > > On Jun 1, 12:00 pm, Mark Hahn <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: >> You want `existsSync` to tell you if a path is a directory or a file. But >> `existsSync` doesn't do that. You would need to make that a feature >> request. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Massimo Melina <reje...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > clear enough, thank you! >> > i consider it an unwanted side-effect of the normalization. >> >> > -- >> > Job Board:http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> >https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Joshua Holbrook Engineer Nodejitsu Inc. j...@nodejitsu.com -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
