wildcard with exists?

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Nelson [mailto:scott at logicdatasystems.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:55 PM
> To: rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
> Cc: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: wildcard with exists?
> 
> On 3/21/2011 5:07 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> >> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com]
> >> On Behalf Of Scott Nelson
> >> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:23 PM
> >> To: Filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> >> Subject: wildcard with exists?
> >>
> >> I am looking for a way to test if a file exists, where that file will
> > always begin
> >> with a fixed first few characters, and the rest of the name be
> >> varied.  I
> > have
> >> tried e=exists("/pathname/file*.txt") and it does not see the file.
> >>
> >> Is there a way with the exists command or is there a better way?
> >>
> >> Scott
> > Scott,
> >
> > Are you sure that exists() is looking in the correct place for this
file?
> >
> > You might try setting:
> >
> > 	fs=chr("47")
> > 	qq=fs{"pathname"{fs{"file*.txt" {""
> >
> > Using the debugger see of the path resolves correctly.
> >
> > You could also do a system called using the path to see if you are
> > actually looking in the correct place before
> >
> > 	E=exists(qq)
> >
> 
> Thanks for the reply and idea.  I tried the code you supplied above, and
it still
> does not see the file using the * for part of the filename.
> 
> BTW, I am on SCO OpenServer 6 with filePro 5.014
> 
> Scott

An * usually means a wild card or all matching.  Since exists() may be
looking for a specific file name, it may not accept an asterisk as a single
file name.

Try replacing the * with a letter (fileA.txt) and then see if exists() finds
that file.

Richard