From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: checking for file existence
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:02:27 -0400
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Eric wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to check whether or not a file exists without actually
> opening it?
> 
> I have my fopen in a separate encapsulated function. What I want to
> accomplish is the ability to check if a user request for creating a new file
> is on a file that already exists, and if so, provide the option to overwrite
> it (which the encapsulated fopen will do if called).

Use the library function __file_exists(), which is declared in
<unistd.h>.  It's a very small, fast routine.  There is also a function
named access() which performs more sophisticated checking.

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