A better way to check if a path exists or not in PowerShell

Question

I just don\'t like the syntax of:

if (Test-Path $path) { ... }

and

if (-not (Test-Path $path)) { ... }
if (!(Test-Path $pa         


        

Answer 1

To check if a Path exists to a directory, use this one:

$pathToDirectory = "c:\program files\blahblah\"
if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($pathToDirectory))
{
 mkdir $path1
}

To check if a Path to a file exists use what @Mathias suggested:

[System.IO.File]::Exists($pathToAFile)