internal static bool CheckReadFromFileOrDir()

in SimpleDUTRemote/HelperFunctions/ReadWriteChecks.cs [18:51]

• 26 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

        internal static bool CheckReadFromFileOrDir(string path)
        {
            try
            {
                // handle glob expressions - if we see wildcards, just grab the parent directory
                if (path.Contains("*") || path.Contains("?"))
                {
                    path = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
                }

                if (IsDir(path))
                {
                    // try to list contents, will throw if does not exist
                    var tmp = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(path);

                    // if this didn't throw, we assume we're safe.
                    return true;
                }
                else
                {
                    // this is a file, can we open it for reading?
                    using (var fstream = File.Open(path, FileMode.Open))
                    {
                        // if we're here, we can open the file without issue.
                        return true;
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (IOException)
            {
                return false;
            }

        }