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| From | Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Testing for the presence of a file |
| Date | 2018-10-09 09:33 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <9701324457.graham@graham.durain.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <70cfbe4357.graham@graham.durain.uk> <5743ca65b9UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> |
In message <5743ca65b9UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk>
"John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <70cfbe4357.graham@graham.durain.uk>,
> Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:
>
>> What is the simplest method of determining
>> in a Basic (RiscOs 4.02) program whether a named file exists in a
>> particular directory?
>
>This simple function will not only tell you if it's there or not, but if it
>is whether it's a file, directory, or image file:
>
> :
> DEF FN_objectpresent(fullpath$)
> SYS"OS_File",23,fullpath$ TO present%,,,,,,objftype%
> =present%
> REM case present% of 0=absent 1=file 2=directory 3=image file
> :
>
>I use it quite a lot!
>
>John
>
Many thanks. Of course. You reminded me. This is the method I have
adopted and it's ideal.
Regards,
--
Graham Pickles
I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work. (Thomas
Edison)
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Re: Testing for the presence of a file Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2018-10-08 12:50 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2018-10-08 13:17 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2018-10-08 14:24 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2018-10-08 14:22 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 14:42 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> - 2018-10-09 09:33 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 23:59 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 14:50 +0100
Re: Testing for the presence of a file "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-10-08 14:53 +0100
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Re: Testing for the presence of a file Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-10-23 07:43 +0100
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