Perl 6 Deep Dive

Testing file and directory properties

The IO role offers a number of one-letter methods to check different metrics of the files and directories. The return values are Boolean. The methods are listed in the following table:

Method	Description
e	Checks if a path exists
d	Checks if the path is an existing directory
f	Checks if the path is an existing file
l	Checks if the path is a symbolic link
r	Checks if the path is accessible (thus, the read bit is set)
w	Checks if the path is writable (the write bit is set)
x	Checks if the path is executable (the exec bit is set)
rw	Checks if the path is available for both reading and writing
rwx	Checks if all the r, w, and x bits are set for the path
s	Checks if the file is non-empty ...