PathInfo

class (source)

Protocol for path info objects, which support querying the file type.
Methods may return cached results.

exists: Return True if the path is an existing file or directory, or any other kind of file; return False if the path doesn’t exist.

is_dir: Return True if the path is a directory, or a symbolic link pointing to a directory; return False if the path is (or points to) any other kind of file, or if it doesn’t exist.
is_file: Return True if the path is a file, or a symbolic link pointing to a file; return False if the path is (or points to) a directory or other non-file, or if it doesn’t exist.
is_symlink: Return True if the path is a symbolic link (even if broken); return False if the path is a directory or any kind of file, or if it doesn’t exist.