Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a43 From: Chris_Krohn@mindlink.bc.ca (Chris Krohn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Check to see if file exists ???????? Message-ID: <6078@mindlink.bc.ca> Date: 31 May 91 01:40:16 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 8 I don't know anything about DEC machines, but I figure you can trap for the error that occurs when you try to access the file. ie: if the user enters a filename, and you go to get the file and get an error, the user has obviously entered a filename that does not exist. This should work....(I hope =) Chris Krohn Mindlink - Vancouver, BC