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Return `true` if a file or directory currently exists at `path`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
bool
exists(char const* path);
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== Description

Return `true` if there currently exists a file or directory at the specified `path`, and `false` otherwise. If `path` is a symlink, the result of this function is platform dependent. On POSIX/Unix platforms this method dereferences symlinks, while on Windows it does not. The parameterized `STRING_TYPE` must be one of `bsl::string`, `std::string`, `std::pmr::string` (if supported), `bsl::string_view`, or `bslstl::StringRef`.

== Return Value

`true` if a file or directory exists at `path`, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *path*
| filesystem path to test
|===


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