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- | This function returns a non-zero value if the directory exists and zero if not. \\ \\ If you want to know whether a file **or** directory with a given name exists you can use a combination of the above functions. However an alternative is to use Windows API calls:\\ | + | This function returns a non-zero value if the directory exists and zero if not. **Caution**: In at least some versions of Windows 10 this does not work, and will return a non-zero value for a file as well as a directory. This appears to be a bug in Windows. |
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+ | If you want to know whether a file **or** directory with a given name exists you can use a combination of the above functions. However an alternative is to use Windows API calls:\\ | ||
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DEF FNcheckdir(name$) | DEF FNcheckdir(name$) |