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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:

> Upon further examination, FileExists() calls FileAge(), which in turn calls
> FindFirstFile(), which then returns the first filename matching the
> specified mask. 

Thanks for your effort and the given info.

 > FileExists() is not meant to support wildcards, it is
> merely a side-effect due to Microsoft's own API design.

So it does support wildcards. As is stated in the Subject of this
thread.

>>No I do not need wildcard matching. I need a file exist
>>function that reports if a file for a filename exists.
> 
> That is what FileExists() does.

The allowing of wildcards was unexpected behaviour for me. My own
file_exist() function (as shown in my first post) has expected behaviour.

> Then you will have to validate the filename to see if it contains any
> invalid characters before then testing for its existance in the file system.
> Otherwise, stop using buggy generated code in the first place.

Heee. There is nothing buggy in my code that generates the filename.
It nicely places '?'s on occasions.

>>The intention of using FileExist was to get a false for
>>unvalid filenames. To my surprise FileExist does not
>>care for unvalid filenames, but allows wildcards in them.

That was what I said.

Hans.