There's nothing built in to NCL but you could use the shell:
testfile = "test.grb"
t = systemfunc("sh -c 'if test -f " + testfile + "; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi'")
if (t .eq. 1) then
f = addfile ... etc.
Not very pretty, I guess, but I think it works.
-dave
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Matt Fearon wrote:
> dear ncl users:
>
> is there a way to test if a file exists and print that result? for example,
> if i have the following statements where "test.grb" doesn't exist
>
> f=addfile("test.grb","r")
> print(f)
>
> with this, i receive a fatal error, but "f" still prints a missing value. is
> there a way to check if "test.grb" exists before i use addfile?
> suggestions are much appreciated.
> thank you,
> matt
>
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