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Check whether a particular file exists in the file system.
Source position: filutilh.inc line 178
function FileExists(  | 
const FileName: UnicodeString;  | 
FollowLink: Boolean = True  | 
):Boolean;  | 
const FileName: RawByteString;  | 
FollowLink: Boolean = True  | 
):Boolean;  | 
FileExists returns True if a file with name FileName exists on the disk, False otherwise. On windows, this function will return False if a directory is passed as FileName.
On Unixes, passing a directory name used to result in True. (The rationale is that on UNIX, a directory is a file as well). As of version 3.2.0, this behaviour has been changed for a Delphi-compatible approach.
Note that this function accepts a single filename as an argument, without wildcards. To check for the existence of multiple files, see the FindFirst function.
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Start a file search and return a findhandle  | 
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Return the timestamp of a file.  | 
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Return attributes of a file.  | 
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Set the attributes of a file.  | 
Program Example38; { This program demonstrates the FileExists function } Uses sysutils; Begin If FileExists(ParamStr(0)) Then Writeln ('All is well, I seem to exist.'); End.