file_exists

Abstract

Returns 1 if a file exists and can be read

Description

file_exists checks if a given file path exists and returns 1 if it does, 0 otherwise. It doesn't check any search path of csound and does not expand any variables (like "~" in unix).

Syntax

iexists  fileexists  Spath

Arguments

• Spath: the path to check

Output

• iexists: 1 if the file exists, 0 otherwise

Execution Time

• Init

Examples

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>

</CsOptions>

<CsInstruments>

/*
    Example file for file_exists

    file_exists returns 1 if a given path refers to an existing file

*/

ksmps  = 64
nchnls = 2
0dbfs  = 1

instr 1
    iexists file_exists "file_exists.csd"
    print iexists
    turnoff
endin

</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>
i1 0 1

</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>

See also

• filevalid
• system

Credits

Eduardo Moguillansky, 2019