bitburner-src/doc/source/netscript/basicfunctions/fileExists.rst

fileExists() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: fileExists(filename[, hostname = current hostname])

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    :param string filename: Filename of file to check.
    :param string hostname:
        Hostname of target server. This is optional. If it is not specified then
        the function will use the current server as the target server.
    :returns: ``true`` if the file exists.

    The filename for scripts and .txt files is case-sensitive, but for other types of files it
    is not. For example, ``fileExists("brutessh.exe")`` will work fine, even
    though the actual program is named ``BruteSSH.exe``.

    If the ``hostname`` argument is omitted, then the function will search
    through the server running the script that calls this function for the file.

    Examples:

    .. code-block:: javascript

        ns.fileExists("foo.js", "foodnstuff"); // returns: false
        ns.fileExists("ftpcrack.exe"); // returns: true

    The first example above will return true if the script named ``foo.js`` exists on the ``foodnstuff`` server, and false otherwise.
    The second example above will return true if the current server contains the ``FTPCrack.exe`` program, and false otherwise.