[burekas]

Hi,

What could be the reason that:

Code:

xbmcvfs.exists(path)

alwayes return 'False' even if exists?

[scott967]

You aren't providing a valid path?

scott s.
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[burekas]

@scott967 

What do you mean by "valid path"?
Because using 'os.path' works:

python:
os.path.exists(path)

So what is the difference?

[izprtxqkft]

what path are you feeding it that it says False to?

note the disclaimer on the documentation that paths must end with a '/' or a '\' - https://romanvm.github.io/Kodistubs/_aut...vfs.exists

it may be needed to translatepath before checking if it exists, not 100% on that ive never tried it without first calling translate

[jbinkley60]

@scott967 

What do you mean by "valid path"?
Because using 'os.path' works:

python:
os.path.exists(path)

So what is the difference?

I find working examples are worth a thousand words.  If you want to see a working example of one of mine, look here, starting on line 23.  I used the special protocol too because I want it to work across all OS versions that Kodi runs on.  


Thanks,

Jeff

[zachmorris]

If the path is a directory, it needs to end with a "/" or whatever the forward/backward slash usage is for the OS.

A good way to add it is:

python:


os.path.join(path, '')

If the path is a file, then the full path as a string is all thats needed.