From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: file_exists()
Date: 23 Aug 1997 03:04:24 GMT
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Peter J. Farley III <pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org> wrote:
> Perusing the DJGPP libc sources, it seems to me that access(filename,
> R_OK) will give you the results that you want, without the overhead of
> an fopen and an fclose.  Just call:

> access("filename.ext", R_OK)

> Zero return value means the file is available for reading, which
> implies that it actually exists.  So this code should work:

<snip>

Keep in mind, however, that access() does not work for device files like
"prn" and "nul", with or without the colon. Network files may not work
either, I can't recall.

late\fw