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From: prove@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Ove)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: How to find out if a file exists
Summary: file existence
Message-ID: <8130@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 89 17:48:14 GMT
References: <7506@hoptoad.uucp> <8087@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <HH.89Jun3122644@hemppo.tut.fi>
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell U., Ithaca NY
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In article <HH.89Jun3122644@hemppo.tut.fi>, hh@tut.fi (Halme Heikki) writes:
> 
> The routine /fileexists in init.ps does work, just try it! So, what
> else is there that is commented out and works just fine?
> 
    I tried this and it fails when the file doesn't exist, it bombs
with the error "undefinedfilename" and terminates the process.  Works
fine if the file is there, hardly a satisfactory substitute.  It
seems that I would have to do my own error handling to make this
work.
    No doubt you checked both cases before writing this, perhaps the
bug has been fixed in the new release?  I tested it on NeWS 1.1.
That might explain why it was commented out even though it worked
for you.

Roger Ove