Re: Check file/dir existence

["Dennis Lovelady" <dlovelady@xxxxxxxx>]

I hope I'm not stating the obvious, but I didn't see anyone else
mention.....

I believe, but cannot verify, that in QSH, you can do:
   if [ -f /some/file/name ]; then
    do something
   else
     do something else
   fi

I don't think you mention that this needs to be an API.

Dennis






"Al Barsa" <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>@midrange.com on 11/21/2002 10:28:30
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There is a TAA Tool called CHKIFSE that will do exactly what you want.

See:

http://www.taatool.com/document/L_chkifse.htm

Al

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                      Dr Syd Nicholson
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Is there an easy way for a program to determine if a file or directory
exists in the IFS?

In the QSYS.LIB file system we have CHKOBJ. But in the IFS I can't find
any reference to a function that will give me an easy answer. There seem
to be many APIs that use files and directories, but nothing that returns
an easy answer of 'Yes/No' for 'Does object exist?'

Many thanks in advance

Syd Nicholson