Eric,

How about trying something like the following:

   file t=xfile.xgroup.xacct:node1
   setvar hpfserr 0
   continue
   print *t;end=1 > $null
   if hpfserr <> 52 then
     echo ** File Exists **
   else
     echo ** File Does Not Exist **
   endif
   reset t

Regards
Paul H. Christidis

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Subject: detecting a file
Author:  Eric Gustafson <[log in to unmask]> at CCGATE
Date:    04/03/98 10:15


anyone have a good way to test for whether a file exists on a remote node
using netbase?  the finfo() command doesn't work when testing a file that
is on a remote node.

I was thinking something like finfo("xfile.xgroup.xacct:node1",0) might
work, but it doesn't.  It returns FALSE, even if the file does exists.