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1997-06-20
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DEFINT A-Z
'$INCLUDE: 'qb.bi'
DECLARE FUNCTION Exist% (FileName$)
'Test Program
'This file should exist on most systems
File$ = "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT"
A = Exist(File$)
IF A < 0 THEN PRINT File$; " Exists" ELSE PRINT File$; " Not Found"
'This is a dummy file and should not really exist
File$ = "dummy.fil"
A = Exist(File$)
IF A < 0 THEN PRINT File$; " Exists" ELSE PRINT File$; " Not Found"
'***********************************************************************
'* FUNCTION Exist%
'*
'* PURPOSE
'* Uses DOS ISR 21H, Function 4EH (Find First Matching Directory
'* Entry) to determine the existence of FileName$.
'***********************************************************************
FUNCTION Exist% (FileName$) STATIC
DIM IRegsX AS RegTypeX, ORegsX AS RegTypeX
IRegsX.ax = &H4E00
IRegsX.cx = &H3F 'search for all files
FileName$ = FileName$ + CHR$(0) 'must end with null byte
IRegsX.ds = VARSEG(FileName$) 'load DS:DX with
IRegsX.dx = SADD(FileName$) ' address of FileName$
InterruptX &H21, IRegsX, ORegsX
Exist% = ORegsX.ax = 0 'if ax contains a value,
' remove the null byte
FileName$ = LEFT$(FileName$, LEN(FileName$) - 1)
END FUNCTION