Incorrect FILE_TEST Value

Name: Mark Feinstein
E-mail Address: mfein@clark.net
IDL version: IDL5.4
Platform and OS: Windows

Description of Behavior: The File_Test function
returns a 1 instead of a 0 if passed a null string as an argument.

Example Code:

IDL> Print, File_Test("")
     1

Know Workarounds or Fixes: None. Test for null string
before calling  File_Test.

RSI Technical Support Response: This has been fixed in IDL 5.5.

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Last Updated 18 December 2001