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Ruby program to check a directory is exist or not

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will check a directory exists or not using Dir.exists() method and print the appropriate message.

Program/Source Code

The source code to check a directory exists or not is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.

# Ruby program to check a directory 
# is exist or not

if (Dir.exists?("mydir") == true)
	puts "Directory exists.";
else
	puts "Directory does not exist.";
end

Output

Directory exists.

Explanation

In the above program, we used Dir.exists?() method to check a directory exists or not. The Dir.exists?() method returns true if a specified directory exists otherwise it returns false. After that, we printed the appropriate message.

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