From fa080de7afc95aa1c19a6e6fc0e0708ced2eadc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Hunkeler Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp (limited to 'pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp') diff --git a/pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp b/pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dfd17ee4 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/language/doc/imaccess.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.help imaccess July97 language +.ih +NAME +imaccess -- test whether an image exists +.ih +USAGE +bool = imaccess (image) +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls image +The name of the image whose existence is to be tested. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +\fIImaccess\fR is a boolean intrinsic function returning true ("yes") if the +named image exists. The function will return false ("no") if the image doesn't +exist, or if no image extension is supplied and the image name is ambiguous. +\fIImaccess\fR can only be called as a function in an expression, not as a task. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. Print the header of an image if it exists. + +.nf + if (imaccess ("dev$wpix")) + imheader ("dev$wpix",long+) + else + error (11, "Image not found") +.fi + +2. Tell if a image exists. + + cl> = imaccess ("dev$pix") +.ih +BUGS +An optional second argument should be added to test whether the named file +can be accessed for reading or writing. +.endhelp +.ih +SEE ALSO +access, directory -- cgit