Here's the reply I got from someone out posting it to this outlook!  The
case is now closed!

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How about: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php ?

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Thanks,

 Scott



"Scott Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi ya all!
>
>     I'm trying to figure out how to use the PHP script to detect the
> presence or absent of the file.  I'm using UNIX machine, so it is not a
> problem.  I do not want to use the fopen() to open the file since it is
not
> a readable file, but a executable file.  I'm thinking of using the exec()
> function to list hte file and return true if the file is there.
>
>     exec("ls -la test.exe");
>
>     The only problem is how to tell?  Anyone know?  Thanks!
>
> Scott
>
>



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