(if (io/file path-to-session-file) -- returns false though file exists

2012-10-25 Thread larry google groups
So, again, I'm trying to use Clojure to rebuild a PHP site. Right now I need the Clojure code to read the PHP session files. In the below function, I have a println that shows me that the path points to a file that really does exist. And yet this if() clause seems to always return false.

Re: (if (io/file path-to-session-file) -- returns false though file exists

2012-10-25 Thread Andy Fingerhut
The only modern Clojure methods I'm aware of for checking for the existence of a file are the Java method (.exists (io/file filename-string)), or using something like the fs library: https://github.com/Raynes/fs I'm surprised if the if (io/file path-to-session-fie) always returns false in your

Re: (if (io/file path-to-session-file) -- returns false though file exists

2012-10-25 Thread Sean Corfield
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:21 PM, larry google groups lawrencecloj...@gmail.com wrote: I look here and see that the old monolithic Clojure contrib had an exists function: http://clojuredocs.org/clojure_contrib/clojure.contrib.java-utils/file I see this example: (.