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From: texsun!edsr!sanjacinto!dek@cs.utexas.edu (Daryl Krauter)
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Subject: Re: v9n88 - Determining if a file esists before opening
Keywords: Miscellaneous
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Date: 20 Mar 90 15:24:30 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 90, message 5

Editor had suggested the use of 'stat'. However, one can use 'access' and it
is faster

Daryl Krauter
Electronic Data Systems