Hi Vikram,
  This looks like a Xalan question. Please look at the
Java namespace facilities provided by Xalan
-http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/extensions.html#ex-java-namespace
.

I am sure the problem can be solved.

Regards,
Mukul

--- Vikram Barate <vikram@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm redirecting my xsl o/p to a text file using
> 'redirect:open' and 
> 'redirect:write'. Default behaviour of these calls
> overwrite existing 
> file. There are also options to append data to
> files. But I want to 
> creat o/p file in case it does not exist, if file
> exists then i dont 
> want to overwrite or modify it.
> 
> Is there any way to identify whether a text file
> exists, or create only 
> if it does not exist?
> 
> Thanx & Regards,
> Vikram.



	
		
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