From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Title: Re: File-Exist ? Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7947 Posted: Thu Jul 8 07:15:46 1982 Received: Fri Jul 9 01:52:43 1982 >From grubin@BBN-UNIX Thu Jul 8 07:17:13 1982 Assuming your question about file existence is asking about DCL level functions: Currently there is no function to check if a file exists. There are various ways around this - using OPEN with the /ERROR switch and checking in the error handler for the error code which is file-not-found. COMING IN VMS 3.0 there IS a logical function called F$SEARCH which CAN be used to check for file existence - so if you can wait til your site puts up version 3.0 you will have what you need. >From a program, I guess you would use the RMS function SEARCH. -- Gail Rubin, BBN