SftpClient.Exists throws an exception when file doesn't exist

[wizofaus]

SftpClient.Exists is supposed to be used for testing for file existence but internally causes an exception to be thrown when a file doesn't exist, which is inefficient and makes debugging etc. a bit painful.

[goldsam]

This isn't an enhancement - It's a BUG. The function is supposed to test for file/directory existence. It clearly not an exceptional condition if the file doesn't exist; it should simply return false. This just doesn't make any sense.

[wizofaus]

From memory (I haven't been using it since!) it was just an internal implementation detail, the exception didn't escape to the caller's context.

[Videstra]

It's 2024 and it is still doing this. It does make debugging difficult. This should not be an exception, it should simply return false.
Can we get a fix for this please?

[Rob-Hague]

This library is supported by the community. The fastest way to a fix is likely to investigate, test and submit a fix.

At the very least, posting what kind of exception, stack trace etc. would be a start.

[wizofaus]

Not that I care any more (I haven't been working on the project that uses this library for a very long time) but I remember checking the list of PRs, and there were fixes from 2018 that had never been merged, so I wasn't optimistic about it being fixed quickly if I'd submitted a PR myself!