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

[David Given <dg@...>]

Jeff Pohlmeyer wrote:
[...]
> On Linux the io.open(name, "r") will fail even on an existing
> file if you don't have read permissions, and will succeed if
> you do, even when the "name" is actually a directory. (Which
> might not be what you expect.)

Don't forget that on Windows it might also fail if the file is in use by
another application; a lot of Windows apps appear to default to
exclusive file access, and the Windows kernel enforces it.

(e.g. if I open a ZIP file in 7-Zip and then forget to close the window
before running the script to regenerate the file, it fails horribly. Grr.)

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