hugo/docs/content/en/functions/fileExists.md

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title	linktitle	date	description	publishdate	lastmod	categories	menu	signature	workson	hugoversion	relatedfuncs	deprecated	aliases
fileExists	fileExists	2017-08-31T22:38:22+02:00	Checks for file or directory existence.	2017-08-31T22:38:22+02:00	2021-11-26	functions	docs parent functions	os.FileExists PATH fileExists PATH			os.ReadDir os.ReadFile os.Stat	false

The os.FileExists function attempts to resolve the path relative to the root of your project directory. If a matching file or directory is not found, it will attempt to resolve the path relative to the [contentDir]({{< relref "getting-started/configuration#contentdir">}}). A leading path separator (/) is optional.

With this directory structure:

content/
├── about.md
├── contact.md
└── news/
    ├── article-1.md
    └── article-2.md

The function returns these values:

{{ os.FileExists "content" }} --> true
{{ os.FileExists "content/news" }} --> true
{{ os.FileExists "content/news/article-1" }} --> false
{{ os.FileExists "content/news/article-1.md" }} --> true
{{ os.FileExists "news" }} --> true
{{ os.FileExists "news/article-1" }} --> false
{{ os.FileExists "news/article-1.md" }} --> true