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FileExists

Anthony Headley edited this page Apr 21, 2020 · 2 revisions

FileExists(string: filename) : bool

Brief:

Takes a full file path and returns true if the file exists and false if not.

Paramiters:

Name Description Optional
string: filename Full path of the file to check

Returns:

bool : true = file exists bool : false = file does not exist

Examples:

    local path = GetPath(26) -- gets the demo shows filder
    -- build two shows files to look for
    local files = {}
    files[1] = path .. sep .. "Demoshow_Fullsize_and_Light.show"
    files[2] = path .. sep .. "randomfilename.random"

    -- loop through the above files and echo the result of the file
    for key, value in pairs(files) do
            if FileExists(value) then
            Echo(value .. " - Exists")
        else
            Echo(value .. " - Does not exist")
        end
    end
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