From 8c2cf22919c07541ceacf69909c2d91f6045a374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RHammond2 <13874373+RHammond2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:09:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] udpate to be inclusive of file checking

---
 floris/type_dec.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/floris/type_dec.py b/floris/type_dec.py
index 830f6c6ab..07359c140 100644
--- a/floris/type_dec.py
+++ b/floris/type_dec.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def iter_validator(iter_type, item_types: Union[Any, Tuple[Any]]) -> Callable:
     return validator
 
 def convert_to_path(fn: str | Path) -> Path:
-    """Converts an input string or pathlib.Path object to a fully resolved ``pathlib.Path``
+    """Converts an input string or ``pathlib.Path`` object to a fully resolved ``pathlib.Path``
     object.
 
     Args:
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ def convert_to_path(fn: str | Path) -> Path:
         absolute_fn = fn.resolve()
         relative_fn_script = (base_fn_script / fn).resolve()
         relative_fn_sys = (base_fn_sys / fn).resolve()
-        if absolute_fn.is_dir():
+        if absolute_fn.exists():
             return absolute_fn
-        if relative_fn_script.is_dir():
+        if relative_fn_script.exists():
             return relative_fn_script
-        if relative_fn_sys.is_dir():
+        if relative_fn_sys.exists():
             return relative_fn_sys
         raise FileExistsError(
             f"{fn} could not be found as either a\n"