filesize issue

[Mike Schwartz]

> Two files:
> 
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 filepro users    0 Oct  3 12:13 10002038.csv
> 
> -rwxrwxr-x  1 filepro users 3522 Oct  3 12:14 10002039.csv
> 
> 11  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
-
>         If:
>        Then: declare csvfile(40,*)
>  12  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
-
>         If:
>        Then: csvfile="/ets/"{ru{".csv"{""
>  13  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
-
>         If:
>        Then: aa=filesize(csvfile)
>  14  -------   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
-
>         If:        aa eq "0"
>        Then: errorbox "\r File Size is zero";end

> File 10002038.csv returns a  -9
> File 10002039.csv returns a  -9

> How could I tell when a file is zero length ? ( ie 10002038.csv)
> 
> Ed Hilovsky

     Do you have an OPEN or CREATE statement in your code?  If I'm reading
your code correctly and this file already exists, you need to OPEN the file
before you can ask filepro for its length.

Mike Schwartz