From: Lyle Johnson <jlj@...>
Date: 2002-06-20T05:26:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question

> I can't seem to find the method that will tell me whether or not a file
> exists. File.stat("filename").file? (and similar methods) throw a system
> error if the file doesn't exist.

You were close:

    File.exists?("filename") -> true or false

HTH,

Lyle