FILEEXISTS Function

Checks whether a specified file exists.

Category: External File
Returned data type: Character
Note: The returned value is true if the file exists.

Syntax

FILEEXISTS(<filename>)

Required Argument

filename

the name of the file that you are checking to find out if it exists.

Example

string filename
boolean rc_ok
 
filename="C:\doesexist.txt"
 
rc_ok = fileexists(filename) // outputs "true" if file exists