How do I find if a file or directory exists?

[cbarthel]

I've ready many articles and tutorials, all the same, about how to open and close files. And how to use file boxes to browse for files.

What I wan't to do is be able to check if a directory or file already exists, but without user intervention. An example would be a batch file command like "IF EXIST blah.txt THEN dowhatever"

Is there something like I could use if VB?

[Danial]

You can use the Dir Function to check if a file exist.

Private Sub Command1_Click()
If Dir("C:\test.txt") = "" Then
    MsgBox "File dont exist"
Else
    MsgBox "File Exist"
End If
End Sub

To check if a directory exists, also using the Dir function:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
If Dir("C:\MyFolder", vbDirectory) <> "" Then
    MsgBox "Folder exists"
Else
    MsgBox "Folder does not exist"
End If
End Sub