| File.Exists | Part of File module |
| Syntax | File.Exists (pathName : string) : boolean
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| Description | File.Exists returns true if a file by the name of pathName exists. It will return false if pathName is a directory.
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| Details | If the File.Exists returns false, you can examine Error.Last or Error.LastMsg for more information (i.e. whether the path failed or the file was simply not found).
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| Example | This program loops until the user types in a path name that either doesn't already exist or is allowed to be overwritten.
var pathName : string
var choice : string
loop
put "Enter file name to write results to" ..
get pathName
if File.Exists (pathName) then
put "Overwrite ", pathName, "?" ..
get choice
exit when choice = "y"
else
exit
end if
end loop
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| Execute | An example program is available that creates a file in the current
directory, tests for its existence using File.Exists and
deletes the file using File.Delete.
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| Status | Exported qualified. This means that you can only call the function by calling File.Exists, not by calling Exists.
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