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Re: How to check if a file exists?

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  • Subject: [mg47557] Re: How to check if a file exists?
  • From: Marcus Stollsteimer <marcus314 at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 05:20:22 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <c5lf22$bn0$1@smc.vnet.net>
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Thomas Guignard wrote:
> I just can't find the function to check the existence of a file!

Hi,

you could use FileType[]:

- FileType["file"] gives the type of a file, typically File, Directory
or None.
- FileType returns None if the file specified does not exist.

you can define the following functions for testing
if name is a file/directory:

  FileQ[name_String]:=FileType[name]===File
  DirectoryQ[name_String]:=FileType[name]===Directory

Regards,
Marcus

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