From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6482d0ae6dcb1b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-28 06:05:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!west.cox.net!cox.net!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: if file exist Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 09:04:53 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <3d9245da.259420486@news.cis.dfn.de> <3D933A6B.5000105@cogeco.ca> <8db3d6c8.0209270247.5bf07ae5@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.bc.67 X-Server-Date: 28 Sep 2002 13:05:24 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29399 Date: 2002-09-28T13:05:24+00:00 List-Id: Q: Are you a spy? A: I'm not allowed to say... Maybe its better to think about it from the OS level - provide something in an OS interface package that says "We'll return whatever information the OS will give us about the file and it is OS dependent as to what the result is..." That way whatever security the OS wants to provide is respected. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Keith Thompson wrote in message news:yec7kh6ud49.fsf@king.cts.com... > his point is that a simple Boolean result may not be sufficient. You > might want at least 3 possible results: file exists; file does not > exist; file may or may not exist but I can't tell you which. >