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FileExists

Check whether a file exists in the filesystem.

Declaration

Source position: filutilh.inc line 86

function FileExists(

  const FileName: String

):Boolean;

Description

FileExists returns True if a file with name FileName exists on the disk, False otherwise. On windows, this function will return False if a directory is passed as FileName. On unices, passing a directory name will result in True. The rationale is that on unix, a directory is a file as well.

Errors

None.

See also

FileAge

  

Return the timestamp of a file.

FileGetAttr

  

Return attributes of a file.

FileSetAttr

  

Set the attributes of a file.

Example

Program Example38;

{ This program demonstrates the FileExists function }

Uses sysutils;

Begin
  If FileExists(ParamStr(0)) Then
    Writeln ('All is well, I seem to exist.');
End.
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