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fileExists	Checks for file or directory existence.	functions	docs parent functions	os.FileExists PATH fileExists PATH	os.ReadDir os.ReadFile os.Stat

The os.FileExists function attempts to resolve the path relative to the root of your project directory. If a matching file or directory is not found, it will attempt to resolve the path relative to the contentDir. A leading path separator (/) is optional.

With this directory structure:

content/
├── about.md
├── contact.md
└── news/
    ├── article-1.md
    └── article-2.md

The function returns these values:

{{ os.FileExists "content" }} → true
{{ os.FileExists "content/news" }} → true
{{ os.FileExists "content/news/article-1" }} → false
{{ os.FileExists "content/news/article-1.md" }} → true
{{ os.FileExists "news" }} → true
{{ os.FileExists "news/article-1" }} → false
{{ os.FileExists "news/article-1.md" }} → true