RE: check for the existence of an IFS file in a CL program -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: check for the existence of an IFS file in a CL program
From: Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:24:51 -0500
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>What's the best way to check for the
>existence of an IFS file in a
>CL program?

The archives have information on this.  Search for "IFS existence".  There
isn't a CL way to do it that I know of; you need to call a C library
function.  Here's some RPG advice on how to do that:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200106/msg00665.html
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/199905/msg00078.html
  --buck

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