exists


Description:

public async FileType exists ()

Daemon disk probe (File.exists).

Distinct from index membership (Folder.fetch_file) and content load ( read). Callers use this for create-vs-modify and validate; **🚫** do not probe existence via read.

Wire: response.msg is ((int) GLib.FileType) as decimal (GLib.FileType.UNKNOWN = path absent or RPC error).

Returns:

File type on daemon disk; GLib.FileType.UNKNOWN when absent