On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Marc Perkel wrote:
> So - why doesn't this work?
>
> if exists{"/var/spamd"}
> then
> finish
> endif
If you read the spec for filters (doc/filter.txt), you will see that
there is no filter condition "exists". The error message should tell you
that. You are confusing filter syntax with string expansion syntax.
The string expansion
${if exists{"/var/spamd"} ....
will not work either, because you have put the file name in quotes. What
you probably want is
if "${if exists{/var/spamd}{yes}{no}}" is "yes" then ...
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