From: pb@excelsior.xs4all.nl.REMOVE-THIS (Marc van den Dikkenberg)
Subject: Re: File existence
 
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:48:43 -0800, Austin Bordeaux 
wrote:
 
>I'm using PB3.00c.  Can't figure a way to check for existence of a
>random access file.  When attempting to open a file that doesn't exist,
>PB creates one with zero bytes without giving an error message.  Not
>aware of an instruction for querying.  Any ideas anybody?
 
Sure, and it's not very difficult:
 
Say, you want to check if C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT exists...
Simply use this snippet:
 
IF DIR$("c:\autoexec.bat")"" THEN PRINT "File exists"
 
All you do is see if there is a file that matches the given wildcards - the
entire filename in this case, to suit your needs.
--
Marc van den Dikkenberg
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