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# Directory operations

### Check if directory exists <a href="#check-if-directory-exists" id="check-if-directory-exists"></a>

Determains whether directory at specified path exists.

#### Parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

| Parameter | Description        |
| --------- | ------------------ |
| Path      | The path to check. |

#### Output <a href="#output" id="output"></a>

Simple value,'True' if directory exists. 'False' otherwise.

#### Since <a href="#since" id="since"></a>

6.3

### Create directory <a href="#create-directory" id="create-directory"></a>

Creates a directory at the SFTP server. It is not possible to create several levels of directories in one step. If you want to create the directory "./dirA/dirB", the directory "./dirA" must exist. Otherwise you have to do it in two steps; first creates directory "./dirA" and the second one created "./dirA/dirB".

#### Parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

| Parameter   | Description                      |
| ----------- | -------------------------------- |
| Remote path | Path to the directory to create. |

#### Output <a href="#output" id="output"></a>

No output.

#### Since <a href="#since" id="since"></a>

6.3

### Delete directory <a href="#delete-directory" id="delete-directory"></a>

Deletes specified directory. Note that the directory must be empty unless Recursive is set to true.

#### Parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

| Parameter   | Description                                                    |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Remote path | Path to directory to delete                                    |
| Recursive   | Specifies whether to also delete all files and subdirectories. |

#### Output <a href="#output" id="output"></a>

No output.

#### Since <a href="#since" id="since"></a>

6.3

### List directory <a href="#list-directory" id="list-directory"></a>

Lists all files and directories in a specified path.

#### Parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

| Parameter           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Remote path         | Path to list.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Mask                | Mask to use when filtering items in directory. Example "\*.txt". Regular expressions can also be used by prefixing with "regex:", example "regex:\[A\|B].\*" to list all files starting with "A" or "B" |
| Case sensitive      | Specifies whether to ignore casing or not.                                                                                                                                                              |
| Include files       | Specifies whether to include files in the listing.                                                                                                                                                      |
| Include directories | Specifies whether to include directories in the listing.                                                                                                                                                |
| Recursive           | Specifies whether to also search in subdirectories.                                                                                                                                                     |

#### Output <a href="#output" id="output"></a>

A table consisting of records with the following structure:

| Member           | Description                                             |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name             | The name of the file or directory.                      |
| IsDirectory      | True if the item is a directory, false if it is a file. |
| Size             | The size, in bytes, of the item.                        |
| LastAccessTime   | Last time item was accessed.                            |
| LastModifiedTime | Last time the item was modified.                        |
| CreationTime     | Time of item creation.                                  |

#### Since <a href="#since" id="since"></a>

6.3


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