Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
> hi,
>
> for those (like me) who find checking for file existence via
> stat/lstat a little inconvenient, I've committed a new function
> "ftest"
> in main/io, somewhat modelled after the bash "test" function. For
> example, to check
> that a regular file ./script.sh exists and is readable and executable
> to the current user, one does:
> ftest('./script.sh','f','rx')
>
> regards,
>
>
What is wrong with
exist (file, "file")
to test for the existence of a file? Or is the fact that exist also
searches the users path an issue?
D.
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