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PB 6.20 on MX Linux (Debian)

This returns zero: I can't currently check other platforms...

// Moved from "Bugs - Linux" to "Coding Questions" (Kiffi)

The "/" symbol forbidden in the name

Ah, so it only checks the file name bit
I was using it to check a whole path string

Then you need FileSize()

AZJIO wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 6:56 pm Then you need FileSize()

The path / file may not exist (yet), it's a string coming in from a script and I'm trying to perform a sanity check to make sure it could reasonably be interpreted as a path for the current OS.

the.weavster wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 9:03 pm The path / file may not exist (yet), it's a string coming in from a script and I'm trying to perform a sanity check to make sure it could reasonably be interpreted as a path for the current OS.

CheckFileName() is what you want in this case, but the "/" character isn't allowed on Windows, so I think this function disallows it globally. As it turns out though, that's also the character separator on Linux...
At least on Windows it works for full paths using backslash.
Perhaps the "/" check should be limited to Windows only in PB itself?