add FileExists function or use FileSize =-1? also, one other thing

[zarosath]

i were not able to compile successfully adding a FileExists function and using it from the FileSystem module of FileSystem.bmx in Linux.bmx from brl.Platform.mod, module didnt match the commandline module?

if statements of a non-existent FileExists function has been included in a release or two so im asking should there a FileExists function?

the other issue is from the same source file linux.bmx

Local cpustat:TStream = ReadFile("/proc/stat") i had to change this line from cpustat:stream to TStream to compile successfully.

[GWRon]

I assume one could add something like this:

Function FileExists:Int(url:string) Inline
  Return FileType(url) = FILETYPE_FILE
End Function

Function DirectoryExists:Int(url:string) Inline
  Return FileType(url) = FILETYPE_DIR
End Function

That way it should not add much overhead to the code but provide "convenience functions" people might know from other libraries

[GWRon]

Brucey added FileExists() with commit https://github.com/bmx-ng/brl.mod/commit/55f4ee5b12336b564980ad1a31f44ec241643a01

@woollybah is it correct to check against FILETYPE_NONE instead of FILETYPE_FILE ? For now also valid existing directories would return True for a given uri. (issue originally mentioned by @Scaremonger at discord)

VBA has FileExists() and FolderExists() https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/fileexists-method https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/folderexists-method

.net has also two different functions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.file.exists?view=net-8.0 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.directory.exists?view=net-8.0