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From: ROCA Jose <jose.roca@eurocontrol.be>
To: "'prolog@swi.psy.uva.nl'" <prolog@swi.psy.uva.nl>
Subject: Temporary files problems
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:53:49 +0200
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Hello all,

I am having some problems with the file access predicates and the temporary
files created by other programs in
Windows environments. These predicates tend to generate exceptions.

For instance, the last one I hit is:

?- exists_directory('~$tl0403.txt.p2').
[WARNING: variable `tl0403' does not exist]
   Exception: (  8) exists_directory('~$tl0403.txt.p2') ? 


~$tl0403.txt.p2 is the funny name Word uses for a temporary file.

Is there a simple solution for this problem?

Thank you for any help.

José

