Naively I tried this in a button:
on mouseUp
if exists(file "HereWeGo.txt") then
open file "HereWeGo.txt" for write
else
put "no such file"
end if
end mouseUp
AND the thing didn't work because 'exists' only works for objects within
Livecode.
BUT this seems a reasonable way to check for a file's existence:
on mouseUp
read from file "HereWeGo.txt" for 1 line
if it is empty then
put "no such file"
end if
end mouseUp
Richmond.
On 2.04.2016 11:48, JB wrote:
If I open a file for read or write and the file does
not exist it will be created. Is there a way to see
if the file exists before opening it? I do not want
a file to be created if it does not exist. I guess I
could check the creation date and if it was just
created then delete it but I was wondering if there
is a better way.
JB
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