Python 3.4+pathlibfunction

.is_dir()

checks

Check that the path exists and points to a directory; False for a file or a missing path.

Syntax

p.is_dir()

A False answer merges two different situations — the path is missing, or it exists but is a file — so ask exists() separately when you need to tell them apart. Symlinks are followed: a link pointing at a directory counts as a directory. Also beware the check-then-act race; for real work it is safer to attempt the operation and handle OSError than to guard it with an if.

Examples

from pathlib import Path
Path('/tmp').is_dir() # → True
Path('/etc/hosts').is_dir() # → False (это файл)
Path.cwd().is_dir()  # → True
Path('no_such_dir_12345').is_dir()  # → False: несуществующий путь тоже даёт False, без исключения
[p.name for p in Path.cwd().iterdir() if p.is_dir()]  # → список имён подкаталогов текущего каталога

See also

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