======Mark Logic Command: direxists======
Detects if a directory exists on a Mark Logic server

====Synopsis====
direxists [-c uri|-connect uri] directory

====Description====
Checks to see if a directory (uri) exists on a MarkLogic server. Directory URI's must end in slash (/)

||-c,-connect uri||Use the connection string instead of $MLCONNECT||
||directory|| uri of the direct to check||

====Example====
Assuming the prefix "ml" is imported as the marklogic module, tests to see if the directory /test/ exists

%%
if ml:direxists /test/ ; then
echo /test/ exists
else
echo /test/ doesnt exist
fi
%%

Example, safely delete /test/ only if it exists

%%
ml:direxists /test/ && ml:deldir /test/
%%


To check if a document (file) exists use [[MarkLogicExists exists]]
====Implementation====

direxists is implemented as an xsh script which simply calls xdmp:document-properties. The source of the script is

%%
# return true if diretory exists else return false
_opts=$<(xgetopts -a -p "c=connect:" -ps -- "$@")
shift $?

:query $_opts -b -q <{{
declare variable $uri external ;
exists(xdmp:document-properties($uri)//prop:directory)
}}> -v uri $1
%%






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[[ModuleMarkLogic MarkLogic Extension Module]]