[vox] Neat FileExits() implementation

[Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.nMAPSet>]

A coworked send me this brilliant piece of code:
( seen at http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Fun_with_Files.aspx )

  private bool FileExists(string strPath)
  {
    try
    {
      File.WriteAllText(strPath, "narf");
      return true;
    }
    catch (Exception ex) {/* do nothing */}

    return false;
  }


This response in the comments sums it up pretty well:

> I don't know why people are being so harsh. This is a well known, time
> proven algorithm. It was used extensively during the Salem witch
> trials.
> 
> bool is_witch(victim)
> {
>   witch = acquire_lock(victim);
>   submerge(witch);
>   sleep(3600);
>   if (witch.is_dead())
>     return false; // not a witch; sorry
>   return true;
> }

:^D

-- 
-bill!
bill@newbreedsoftware.com
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/
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