if a file exists

Guys, I've been playing around with a way to get a way to end a powershell
script if a file doesn't exist, but so far have failed miserably

Any ideas on the best way to do this?

NeilOz wrote: Script:
"start"
if(!(test-path foo.file)){"file not found";break}
"end"

Output:
PSH> ./testpath.ps1
start
file not found
PSH>

Note: "end" does not show because of the break statement.

Marco



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"NeilOz" <NeilOz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Another option, for the sake of completion .....


[reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.VisualBasic")

if(!([Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem]::FileExists($profile))) {
Write-Host "No such file"; Return
}

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Jon

Which can be achieved without the PartialName loading

[System.IO.File]::Exists(<path>)


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"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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True. Good call.

"Options, options ...." ;-)

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Is there a way to perform 3 filename checks at one go ? Eg

$file_exists = [System.IO.File]::Exists(D:\test1.txt)

If i have test1.txt, test2.txt, abc.txt, are there any .net class do put
everything in similar fashion :

$file_exists = [System.IO.File]::Exists(D:\test1.txt, d:\test2.txt, abc.txt)

if *any* $file_exists, then write-host ....








"Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not with [System.IO.File]::Exists

You can do it with Test-Path:
"D:\test1.txt","d:\test2.txt","abc.txt" | test-path -pathtype leaf



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