Hi, Rebols,
I know, that it has been discussed, but I think, that the
following improvement to Core Exists? may be useful.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Regards,
Ladislav
exists?: func [
{
Determines if a file or URL exists.
Checks for invalid HTML pages.
}
target [file! url!]
/local port comp ts
][
if error? try [
port: make port! target
query port
] [return false]
if not port/status [return false]
if port/scheme = 'HTTP [
ts: to string! target
if (to string! port/url) = ts [
return true
]
comp: copy "http://"
if port/host [append comp port/host]
if comp = ts [
return true
]
if (append copy comp #"/") = ts [
return true
]
if port/path [append comp port/path]
if comp = ts [
return true
]
if port/target [append comp port/target]
if comp = ts [
return true
]
return false
]
true
]