On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 06:17:45PM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
hi
i'm looking for a way to check, if a file at a certain place exists or not. i tried to [read( a non-existing file with [textfile], but the error ('path/nonexisting_file.pd can't open') is only displayed in the terminal. there is no feedback in pd itself. any suggestions, how to do that?
i use bash for this., via the shell external (linux version in CVS, windows version at http://whats-your.name/pd/extra/shell/ ) - sent a message like:
bash -c 'test -e "echo $1" && echo yep|| echo nop
followed by a 'select' object to determine which course of events to take...
the only reason you have to backtick the "echo $1" instead of just doing a test -e "$1" is due to pd not otherwise substituting the $1 with an actual live value...im not sure if thats a bug or a feature, but the above works for me....
cr