NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath example ios

fileExistsAtPath:

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a file or directory exists at a specified path.

- (BOOL)fileExistsAtPath:(NSString *)path

Parameters

path

The path of the file or directory. If path begins with a tilde (~), it must first be expanded with stringByExpandingTildeInPath, otherwise, this method returns NO.

Return Value of [NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath]

YES if a file at the specified path exists or NO if the file does not exist or its existence could not be determined.

Discussion of [NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath]

If the file at path is inaccessible to your app, perhaps because one or more parent directories are inaccessible, this method returns NO. If the final element in pathspecifies a symbolic link, this method traverses the link and returns YES or NO based on the existence of the file at the link destination.

Example of [NSFileManager fileExistsAtPath]

NSFileManager *myManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
NSString *documentsDirectory = NSHomeDirectory();

if([myManager fileExistsAtPath:[documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Music/songlist.txt"]]){

    NSLog(@"file is there");

}