Re: How do I test for the existens of a file

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

Jerome Vuarand wrote:
> If you have access to LuaFileSystem [1] you can also use:
>
> function file_exist(file_name)
>        return lfs.attributes(file_name, 'mode')~=nil
> end
>
> This may or may not be faster depending on your setup.

I use
  lfs.attributes(file_name, 'size') ~= nil

I wonder which one will be faster, assuming there is a difference? (just 
laziness on my part... I should measure them, but taking into account OS 
caching is not always trivial)
I guess it's an idle question anyway :-)

  Enrico