ChildItemCmdletProviderIntrinsics.HasChild Method      
Definition
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Overloads
| HasChild(String) | Determines if an item at the given path has children. | 
| HasChild(String, Boolean, Boolean) | Determines if an item at the given path has children. | 
HasChild(String)
Determines if an item at the given path has children.
public:
 bool HasChild(System::String ^ path);public:
 bool HasChild(Platform::String ^ path);bool HasChild(std::wstring const & path);public bool HasChild(string path);member this.HasChild : string -> boolPublic Function HasChild (path As String) As BooleanParameters
- path
- String
The path to the item to determine if it has children. It may be a drive or provider-qualified path and may include glob characters.
Returns
True if the item at the specified path has children. False otherwise.
Exceptions
If path is null.
If the path refers to a provider that could not be found.
If the path refers to a drive that could not be found.
If path does not contain glob characters and
could not be found.
If the provider that the path refers to does
not support this operation.
If the provider threw an exception.
Applies to
HasChild(String, Boolean, Boolean)
Determines if an item at the given path has children.
public:
 bool HasChild(System::String ^ path, bool force, bool literalPath);public:
 bool HasChild(Platform::String ^ path, bool force, bool literalPath);bool HasChild(std::wstring const & path, bool force, bool literalPath);public bool HasChild(string path, bool force, bool literalPath);member this.HasChild : string * bool * bool -> boolPublic Function HasChild (path As String, force As Boolean, literalPath As Boolean) As BooleanParameters
- path
- String
The path to the item to determine if it has children. It may be a drive or provider-qualified path and may include glob characters.
- force
- Boolean
Passed on to providers to force operations.
- literalPath
- Boolean
If true, globbing is not done on paths.
Returns
True if the item at the specified path has children. False otherwise.
Exceptions
If path is null.
If the path refers to a provider that could not be found.
If the path refers to a drive that could not be found.
If path does not contain glob characters and
could not be found.
If the provider that the path refers to does
not support this operation.
If the provider threw an exception.