EXISTS does path exist

NOTE: in general on Windows exists('./not-exist/..') is true, but on Unix it is false. In C/C++ access() or stat() the same behavior is observed Windows vs Unix.

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this approach is at least 10x faster than checking empty on fileattrib() or dir()

function y = exists(fpath)

y = stdlib.is_file(fpath) || stdlib.is_folder(fpath);

end

%!assert (stdlib.exists('.'))

Published with MATLAB® R2025b