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Re: filename check

Subject: Re: filename check
From: Alex Schuster <alex(at)pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:56:09 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer neurologische Forschung
References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.1001024143333.20360F-100000@zuaxp7.star.ucl.ac.uk>
Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:21853

Stuart Colley wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a way to check that a file exists before attempting to
> read from it, since the error messages obtained from trying to read from a
> non-existing file, don't make it clear that file doesn't exist.

You can check this with the FINDFILE() function.

        Alex
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  Alex Schuster     Wonko@weird.cologne.de          PGP Key available
                    alex@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de

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