how can I check if a file exists

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I want to check to see if a file exists and if it does  I want to open it and read the 1st line   If the file doesn t exist or if the file has no contents then I want to fail silently without letting anyone know that an error occurred

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Start with this   Set fso   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject   If  fso FileExists path   Then    msg   path  amp    exists   Else    msg   path  amp    doesn t exist   End If   Taken from the documentation

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an existing folder will FAIL with FileExists  Function FileExists strFileName    Check if a file exists - returns True or False   use instead or in addition   Function FolderExists strFolderPath    Check if a path exists

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For anyone who is looking a way to watch a specific file to exist in VBS   Function bIsFileDownloaded strPath  timeout    Dim FSO  fileIsDownloaded   set FSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject     fileIsDownloaded   false   limit   DateAdd  s   timeout  Now    Do While Now  lt  limit     If FSO FileExists strPath  Then   fileIsDownloaded   True   Exit Do   End If     WScript Sleep 1000         Loop   Set FSO   Nothing   bIsFileDownloaded   fileIsDownloaded End Function   Usage   FileName    C  test txt  fileIsDownloaded   bIsFileDownloaded FileName  5    keep watching for 5 seconds  If fileIsDownloaded Then   WScript Echo Now  amp    File is Downloaded     amp  FileName Else   WScript Echo Now  amp    Timeout  file not found     amp  FileName  End If

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