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From: "S. M. Halloran" <mitch AT duzen DOT com DOT tr>
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To: "Yong-Kiang Goh" <ykgoh1 AT singnet DOT com DOT sg>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 11:09:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: File handling
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On 26 Nov 99, Yong-Kiang Goh was found to have commented thusly:

> How do I check whether a file exists given its filename without using
> fopen() to try to open the file and checking the return code from the
> function? Any better way to do it?
> 
> Also, how do I get the size of the file in bytes?

Look at the stat() function.  If it returns < 0 and you test errno == 
ENOENT, that's a 99.9% sure indication.  If it exists, you can also get 
the file size from the st_size member of the stat structure returned and 
filled in by the call to stat().

Mitch Halloran
Research (Bio)chemist
Duzen Laboratories Group
Ankara       TURKEY