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exists()

z/OS Using REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services
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Function

Returns the full path name for the specified file. If the file does not exist, the function returns a null string.

Parameters

filename
A string that names a file

Example

To print the full path name for the file myfile: 
say exists('myfile')
Parent topic: z/OS UNIX REXX functions

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