Op Wed, 3 Jan 2007, schreef Vincent Snijders:
> Henry Vermaak schreef:
> > Hi all
> >
> > FileExists seems to be inconsistent between linux and windows.
> > FileExists in linux returns true for a directory, but not in windows.
> > The windows behaviour is consistent with Delphi, though, and I assume
> > that's correct.
> >
> > Can anyone confirm or comment on this?
> >
>
> I can confirm this.
There is no getting away that Dos filesystem handling is different
from Unix file handling. On Dos like platforms, a filename with
a same name as a subdirectory can exist in the same directory. In other
words, it should return false.
On the other hand, in Unix, it should return true because otherwise code
like:
if not fileexists('abcd') then
begin
assign(f,'abcd');
rewrite(f);
end;
... becomes unreliable.
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