How to tell if a file path is just the path or includes a file name

[Paul Dupuis]

Duh, you are right. No loop is needed for what I want!

function isPath pSomePath
  set itemDel to slash
  if there is not a folder pSomePath then
    -- remove the last item and try again
    delete last item of pSomePath
    if there is not a folder pSomePath then
       return false -- neither the path, nor the path less a filename,
is a valid folder path
    end if
  end if
  return pSomePath -- this is either a valid path of folders or the
folder portion of a path with a file name removed
end is Path

Thank you.
  

On 10/10/2018 11:38 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> there is a folder returns false on Mac if it's a file. Unless the file is a bundle (app). A Mac app is in fact a folder that has been flagged as an application. 
>
> Looking at your code, are you trying to extract the paths to all the files, or determine which are folders inside a given path? If you are just trying to determine if a path is just a folder, then there is a folder will return false if it is a path to a file. 
>
> Bob S
>
>
>> On Oct 10, 2018, at 08:29 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Lets say you have a bunch of file paths - some are just paths (all
>> folders) and some end in a file name (and the file may or may not exist).
>> i.e.
>> /Folder1/Folder2/Folder3
>> /Folder1/AnotherFolder/Somefile.txt
>> /Folder1/Folder2/Folderwith.intheName
>> How would you test to tell whether a given record is just a path of
>> folders or contains a file name? Is there any way other than looping
>> through the path and testing if each "folder" exists?
>> All, I can come up with is:
>> function isPath pSomePath
>>   local tJustAPath = true
>>   set itemDel to slash
>>   repeat with i=1 to the number of items in pSomePath
>>     if there is not a folder (item 1 to i of pSomePath) then
>>       put false into tJustAPath
>>       exit repeat
>>     end if
>>   end repeat
>>   return tJustAPath
>> end isPath
>>
>> Is there some OS of LiveCode trick I am missing?
>>
>>
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