How do I find if a file or directory exists?

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?

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

Code:

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

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

Code:

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

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