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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: if file exist
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Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au> writes:

> Ask the operating system? Another way is to attempt to open
> the file. If it opens successfully then it exists.

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.