From: Dido Sevilla <dido.sevilla@...>
Date: 2006-07-31T12:40:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Proof if a File exsists

On 7/31/06, Jonathan Heinen <Jonathan.Heinen@rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to proof if a File exsist. I just realize this by
>
> if(Dir.glob(file).length == 0)
>
> But I think there should be a better possibiliti like File.exsists?(file)

Actually it's File.exist?(file). There's a whole slew of these file
tests, such as File.directory?, File.readable?, File.writable? and so
on. Have a look at the documentation here:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileTest.html