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Wants to send user to NotFound Page

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CayaOP
so i have a fucntion which check if user exist or not if user exist it will send to next page else it will send to a 404 page idk how to do it i went through google and found that we can do this by using NotFound fucntion from next/navigation but its throwing a runtime err
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if(userExist){
router.push(`/${username}`);
} else router.push("/this-route-does-not-exists")
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CayaOP
i am looking for a way to handle this if you have any better optiion i would love too
@ts-ignore
you cannot call notFound() on client
@@ts-ignore you cannot call `notFound()` on client
CayaOP
so can i use "use server" in that function
mb
@@ts-ignore you cannot call `notFound()` on client
CayaOP
what else i can do
@ts-ignore
you can send users to any page which doesn't exist which will show 404 page
@@ts-ignore you can send users to any page which doesn't exist which will show 404 page
CayaOP
eee i have a problem with that too.... hehe wait let me show you the snipint 

    if (userExist) {
      router.push(`/${userName}`);
    } else {
      notFound();
    }
i guess i have to change my route
@ts-ignore
if(userExist){
router.push(`/${username}`);
} else router.push("/this-route-does-not-exists")
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thanks