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Check whether a particular file exists in the filesystem.
Source position: filutilh.inc line 130
function FileExists( |
const FileName: UnicodeString |
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const FileName: RawByteString |
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FileExists returns True if a file with name FileName exists on the disk, False otherwise. On windows, this function will return False if a directory is passed as FileName. On unices, passing a directory name will result in True. The rationale is that on unix, a directory is a file as well.
Note that this function accepts a single filename as an argument, without wildcards. To check for the existence of multiple files, see the FindFirst function.
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Start a file search and return a findhandle |
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Return the timestamp of a file. |
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Return attributes of a file. |
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Set the attributes of a file. |
Program Example38; { This program demonstrates the FileExists function } Uses sysutils; Begin If FileExists(ParamStr(0)) Then Writeln ('All is well, I seem to exist.'); End.