filesize issue

[Kenneth Brody]

On 10/4/2011 7:00 PM, Ed Hilovsky wrote:
> 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
[...]
>         Then: declare csvfile(40,*)
>         Then: csvfile="/ets/"{ru{".csv"{""
>         Then: aa=filesize(csvfile)
>           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)

By using FILESIZE() as documented -- passing it the handle of an open file, 
and not a filename.

Did you use ERRNAME() to find out what system error 9 is?  (I bet it's "bad 
file number".)

BTW, what did you do to cause Outlook to double-space your message?

-- 
Kenneth Brody