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Return `true` if there currently exists a regular file at the specified `path`, and `false` otherwise. If there is a symbolic link at `path`, follow it only if the optionally specified `followLinksFlag` is `true` (otherwise, return `false` as the symbolic link itself is not a regular file irrespective of the file to which it points). Platform‐specific note: On POSIX, this is a positive test on the "regular file" mode; on Windows, this is a negative test on the "directory" attribute, i.e., on Windows, everything that exists and is not a directory is a regular file. The parameterized `STRING_TYPE` must be one of `bsl::string`, `std::string`, `std::pmr::string` (if supported), `bsl::string_view`, or `bslstl::StringRef`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
bool
isRegularFile(
    char const* path,
    bool followLinksFlag = false);
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