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Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 20:18:37 +0200
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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Subject: Re: File manipulations in Ada.Text_IO
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Zheng Wang wrote:
>     Hi,
> 
>   I would like to ask a simple question about Ada.Text_IO, please.
> How could we check if a file exists or not? I mean is there a function
> or procedure that takes a File_Type/File_Name and returns true if the
> File exists, otherwise return false. 
>   Many thanks in advance.
> 

One way using standard Ada is an attempt to open the file.
If the external file doesn't exist, exception Name_Error
is raised.


-- Georg