RE: Checking file existence on windows server

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If this file is available to you via IFS e.g. as a windows share) you can
use stat() or fstat() to determine this.

A kludgey FTP process may do the trick otherwise(?)

Dennis Lovelady
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> Can anyone give me an idea of the best, most reliable, way (if it is
> even possible) to check to see if a file exists on a Windows server
> from an iSeries RPG (or CL) application? I want to try and condition an
> action in an RPG application based on a picture files existing or not
> existing on the windows server. My only thought is to create an IFS
> directory and FTP all the files from the server directory to the IFS
> and then check to see if an IFS file exists using CHKIFSOBJ
>
> Thanks
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