From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: checking for file existence Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:02:27 -0400 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <35451C93.222C@cs.com> References: <6hv7er$5l4$1 AT camel29 DOT mindspring DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.226.48.108 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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 . It's a very small, fast routine. There is also a function named access() which performs more sophisticated checking. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich |"A competent and self-confident person| | aka Fighteer I | is incapable of jealousy in anything.| | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | Jealousy is invariably a symptom of | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | neurotic insecurity." - Lazarus Long| ---------------------------------------------------------------------