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Subject:
Testing if a HFS file exists
From:
"James B. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
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James B. Byrne
Date:
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:48:09 -0500
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In test (a POSIX utility available on MPEix/7.5 and earlier) one 
may check for the existence of a file thus:

if [ -e hfs-filename ] && echo success 

How does one do this in a JOB file running in the HFS space?

FINFO does not seem to work for me.


> :setvar _T_ ![finfo("\BACKUPS\SYSTEM\STDTST.1.1","EXISTS")]
> :SHOWVAR _T_
> _T_ = FALSE
> 
> :LIS /BACKUPS/SYSTEM/@
>  PATH= /BACKUPS/SYSTEM/
> 
>  FILENAME
>         
>  STDSYS01   STORE
>  STDSYS01.2 STORE 
>  STDTST.1.1 STORE
>  STDTST.2.1 STORE
> 


Regards,
Jim

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