#1869: (doesDirectoryExist "C:\\") yields False
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Reporter: Orphi | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries (other) | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Testcase: | Architecture: x86
Os: Windows |
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On Windows, the action
{{{doesDirectoryExist "C:\\"}}}
yields False. This is somewhat unexpected, given that
`getDirectoryContents "C:\\"` works just fine. I would have expected
`doesDirectoryExist` to return True for any path on which
`getDirectoryContents` will succeed. It also means that there is no way to
check whether a given network drive has been mapped.
I think at a minimum this behaviour should be documented in the function
description. Ideally, the function should either return true for drive
names [that exist], or there should be a seperate `doesDriveExist`
function. (The former seems more portal though.)
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1869>
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