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is there a way to check if coldfusion has write access to a directory without actually making a file and checking for an exception?

Would `directoryList()` on the parent directory and then evaluation of the attributes for the target directory you’re hoping to write to get you there? Or  `directoryList()` on the directory itself and evaluation of the attributes on the “.” entry (if that is part of what comes back)?

`files = CreateObject("java", "java.nio.file.Files");`
    `paths = CreateObject("java", "java.nio.file.Paths")`
    `path = paths.get("C:\temp\", ["."]);    WriteDump([files.isREadable(path), files.isWritable(path)]);`

not a pure coldfusion but it does seem to work

try <https://cfdocs.org/getfileinfo> it returns a struct one of the keys is `canWrite` and it should work on dirs or file paths

example result:
```{
    "isHidden":false,
    "isSystem":false,
    "isAttributesSupported":false,
    "scheme":"file",
    "path":"/tmp",
    "lastmodified":"September, 22 2022 09:26:27 -0400",
    "isCaseSensitive":false,
    "size":576,
    "canWrite":true,
    "isModeSupported":false,
    "isArchive":false,
    "name":"tmp",
    "type":"directory",
    "canRead":true,
    "parent":"/"
}```


Thanks guys.  Reporting back, Michael and Pete's options both work.  DirectoryList is giving me back empty strings for attribute and mode.  But really, getFileInfo is my best option here anyway.