RE: Checking file existence on windows server

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I should explain about the kludgey FTP process.

What I envisioned, was a process that would connect to the remote system and
do:
    ls my_file_of_interest (Or dir my_file_of_interest if you prefer)

and then test the result.

Dennis Lovelady
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> If this file is available to you via IFS e.g. as a windows share) you
> can use stat() or fstat() to determine this.
>
> A kludgey FTP process may do the trick otherwise(?)
>
> Dennis Lovelady
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> The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its
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>
>
> > Can anyone give me an idea of the best, most reliable, way (if it is
> > even possible) to check to see if a file exists on a Windows server
> > from an iSeries RPG (or CL) application? I want to try and condition
> an
> > action in an RPG application based on a picture files existing or not
> > existing on the windows server. My only thought is to create an IFS
> > directory and FTP all the files from the server directory to the IFS
> > and then check to see if an IFS file exists using CHKIFSOBJ
> >
> > Thanks
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