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DirectoryIsWritable

DirectoryIsWritable - checks if it is possible to write a file to the named directory

Declaration

Source position: fileutil.pas line 74

function DirectoryIsWritable(

  const DirectoryName: String

):Boolean;

Arguments

DirectoryName

  

Name of the Directory for checking

Function result

Returns True if successful in writing a temporary file to the named directory

Description

DirectoryIsWritable - checks if it is possible to write a file to the named directory

Tries to create a text file within the named directory, and write to it. Returns True if it works, and False if it doesn't. Also raises an Exception on failure

Errors

An Exception is raised on failure to create or write to the temporary file

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