From: Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au>
Subject: Re: if file exist
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:26:36 GMT
Date: 2002-09-22T11:26:36+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dale-93E17F.21255422092002@mec2.bigpond.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1032687678.1150.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
In article <mailman.1032687678.1150.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>,
"Dominic D'Apice" <dapiced@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> How can i know if a text file exist ?
>
> I mean :
>
> Procedure IF_FILE_EXIST is
> Begin
> .
> end IF_FILE_EXIST;
Ask the operating system? Another way is to attempt to open
the file. If it opens successfully then it exists.
BTW you may have a problem as after
you get the answer the file may have been created/no longer exist.
This will of course depend on your environment.
Dale
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2002-09-22 9:58 ` if file exist Preben Randhol
2002-09-22 19:25 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-22 11:26 ` Dale Stanbrough [this message]
2002-09-22 14:45 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-22 17:24 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-09-22 19:24 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-22 22:20 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-09-23 5:14 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-23 12:38 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-09-26 0:39 ` Nick Roberts
2002-09-26 16:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-09-26 22:14 ` Robert A Duff
2002-09-27 10:47 ` steve_H
2002-09-27 14:01 ` Robert A Duff
2002-09-27 18:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-09-28 1:17 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-28 13:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-09-29 4:50 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-29 5:13 ` Christopher Browne
2002-09-27 21:59 ` Mark Biggar
2002-09-27 23:09 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-10-04 20:56 ` Stefan Skoglund
2002-10-05 13:59 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-06 20:35 ` Keith Thompson
2002-10-07 0:34 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-07 5:42 ` David Thompson
2002-10-13 17:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-10-21 2:17 ` David Thompson
2002-09-22 11:55 ` Per Sandbergs
2002-09-22 22:29 ` SteveD
2002-09-23 1:53 ` if_file_exist : it's working thankyou all! Dominic D'Apice
2002-09-23 5:25 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-23 23:59 ` Dominic D'Apice
2002-09-25 19:13 ` Simon Wright
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