From: Holden Glova <dsafari@...>
Date: 2001-01-17T07:06:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:9397] Re: fileExists function?

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Hi Chris,

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 03:30, I think Morris, Chris wrote:
> I'm looking for a fileExists function and coming up short at the moment.
>
> I tried this:
>
>   if !File.stat('sample.txt').file?
>
> .... but the File.stat method raises an exception, skipping my if test. I
> could trap the exception, but that seems a bit much.

Perhaps this is what you want?

FileTest.exist?(filename) 
OR
FileTest.exists?(filename)

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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