Checking To See If File Is There

[John Kerr]

Looking for a simple routine to confirm if a file is present or not, and delete it if is there.. Is there a simple command to do this under PB3.5??

John

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[Mel Bishop]

fi$ = "somefile.txt"
te$ = dir$(fi$)
if te$ <> "" then kill fi$


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[John Kerr]

Wow.. Much easier than I expected.. Appreciate it very much..

john

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[Mel Bishop]

I forgot to add:
In this case, be sure to kill FI$ and not TE$. FI$ will (should)
contain the full path whereas TE$ will only contain the file
name. If you are in a different sub-directory, you'll get a
"file not found" error message or delete a file you may not want
deleted.


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[This message has been edited by Mel Bishop (edited February 16, 2002).]

[Lance Edmonds]

Also check out the EXIST function in DOSUNIT.BAS in the \PB\EXAMPLE folder...


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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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