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      as-file

      clojure.java.io

      Available since 1.2
      • (as-file x)
      Coerce argument to a file.
      © Rich Hickey. All rights reserved. Eclipse Public License 1.0
      1 Example
      ; It returns a java.io.File object
> (require '[clojure.java.io :as io] )
> (class (io/as-file "."))
java.io.File

; You can call java methods such as File/exists
> (.exists (io/as-file "dummy.txt"))
false
> (.exists (io/as-file "project.clj"))
true
      See Also
      clojure.java.io/file

      Returns a java.io.File, passing each arg to as-file. Multiple-arg versions treat the first argum...

      Added by eric
      1 Note
        By , created 7.2 years ago

        This is a low-level function for getting a file object from a single string. In contrast, (clojure.java.io/file) is a higher-level API that will let you do things like construct paths to files using strings and other file objects, as in (io/file root-dir "subdir" "filename.ext").