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            <span class="returntype parameter">&#8594; <a href="dart-async/Future-class.html">Future</a><span class="signature">&lt;<wbr><span class="type-parameter"><a href="dart-core/bool-class.html">bool</a></span>&gt;</span></span>
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        <dd class="inherited">
          Checks whether the file system entity with this path exists. Returns
a <code>Future&lt;bool&gt;</code> that completes with the result. <a href="dart-io/FileSystemEntity/exists.html">[...]</a>