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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2002-09-22 15:20:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: if file exist Organization: RMIT References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:20:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1032733209 144.132.47.50 (Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:20:09 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:20:09 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29266 Date: 2002-09-22T22:20:09+00:00 List-Id: Simon Wright wrote: > and is readable (assuning you tried to open it for read!). It might > exist and not be readable, in which case this test would fail. No, my test will succeed in that -if- it exists, and -if- it opens successfully, then it does exist. I said nothing about other conditions. Dale