FileExists/WriteFile and FTP

[Spasman]

I just rented a server from U13 and I have ftp access to the scripts folder. I had my old server run on an old pc of mine, and everything worked fine until i uploaded it to my new u13 one.

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if getpiece(text,' ',0) = '/donated' then begin
WriteConsole(ID,GetPlayerStat(strtoint(GetPiece(Text, ' ', 1)),'ip')+' added to donators.',$EE81FAA1);
WriteFile('/scripts/donators/'+GetPlayerStat(strtoint(GetPiece(Text, ' ', 1)),'ip')+'.txt','donated');
end;

What this does is add a file named the Player ID's ip to a folder. It worked on my old server but now it doesnt on the new FTP u13 one. Is there something certain i have to do with the directory name or what?

[mar77a]

Write permissions?

[Spasman]

I have them, yes. What I am mainly concerned for though is just checking if the file actually exists.

[mar77a]

Even though I don't see you using the FileExists function in that snippet, it's a known bug that it doesn't work properly in every operative system.

[Spasman]

Yeah, FileExists is in a different part of the script. Here.

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if Text = '/getmoney' then begin
if (FileExists('scripts/donators/'+GetPlayerStat(ID,'ip')+'.txt')) then begin
WriteConsole(ID,'Here you go, '+GetPlayerStat(ID,'name')+'.',$EE81FAA1);
WriteConsole(ID,'Thanks again for donating!',$EE81FAA1);
zombmoney[ID] := 100000;
end;
end;


[sai`ke]

Well, on one of the TTW servers (I think it's a selfkill server) FileExists doesn't work either. So I tried a try/except/end structure around the reading section and just returned an empty string on exception, but that fails to properly catch the error. It is still mentioned as an I/O error 103 in console and after a certain number of errors the script is terminated.

So I'd like to know, what is the proper way of circumventing these problems, if there is any?

[danmer]

you could try WriteLnFile something in that file and then read it. If it existed it won't be overwritten, and if it didn't - it would be created. Then just read it and see what's there, you get me

[sai`ke]

Thanks for the tip. I think that would work yes. I'll implement it later today. +1 for danmer