FileExists
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This functions checks whether a specified file exists inside a resource.
Syntax
bool fileExists ( string filePath )
OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Note: This function is a static function underneath the File class.
- Method: File.exists(...)
Required Arguments
- filePath: The filepath of the file, whose existence is going to be checked, in the following format: ":resourceName/path". 'resourceName' is the name of the resource the file is checked to be in, and 'path' is the path from the root directory of the resource to the file.
- For example, if you want to check whether a file named 'myfile.txt' exists in the resource 'mapcreator', it can be done from another resource this way: fileExists(":mapcreator/myfile.txt").
- If the file, whose existence is going to be checked, is in the current resource, only the file path is necessary, e.g. fileExists("myfile.txt").
Returns
Returns true if the file exists, false otherwise.
Example
This example checks if a file exists in a resource directory
function checkExistingFile(player,cmd,filename,resourcename)
if not filename then -- if the player didn't include a filename
outputChatBox("ERROR: Syntax '/checkfile filename resourcename(optional)'.",player) -- display error
return false -- stop function
end
if not resourcename then -- if the player didn't specify the resource he wants to check, use current resource
resourcename = getResourceName(resource) --every resource has a predefined global variable called resource that contains the resource pointer for that resource, in other words, the value that getThisResource() function returns.
else
if not getResourceFromName(resourcename) then -- if a resource with that name doesn't exist, output error and stop function
outputChatBox("ERROR: Resource "..resourcename.." doesn't exist.",player) -- output error message
return false -- stop the function here
end
end
-- as it hasn't stopped anywhere, we have both correct resourcename and filename
local exists = fileExists((":%s/%s"):format(resourcename,filename)) -- using shorter format of string.format, see StringLibraryTutorial in lua wiki for that
if exists then
outputChatBox(("The file %q in resource %q exists"):format(filename,resourcename))
else
outputChatBox(("The file %q in resource %q doesn't exist"):format(filename,resourcename))
end
end
addCommandHandler("exists",checkExistingFile)
