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9.2 Absent

The `absent` command performs no action except to return a status. If the file specified in its argument doesn't exist it returns success status, otherwise it returns severe status.

    Syntax : absent = "absent" s filename
    Example: absent result.out

This command is useful in regression testing for making sure that FunnelWeb hasn't produced a particular output file.

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