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Top Forums Programming Check if file exists + ulp :S Post 302396593 by abubacker on Thursday 18th of February 2010 11:59:40 PM

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02-19-2010

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I guess you are trying to find whether a file is exist or not using C.
If I am right :
The following is your solution

Code:

int file_exists(const char * filename)
{
    if (FILE * file = fopen(filename, "r"))
    {
        fclose(file);
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

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fopen

FOPEN(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  FOPEN(3)

NAME

       fopen, freopen, fdopen - open a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>

       FILE *fopen(const char *filename, const char *type)
       FILE *freopen(const char *filename, const char *type, FILE *stream)
       FILE *fdopen(int fildes, const char *type)

DESCRIPTION

       Fopen  opens the file named by filename and associates a stream with it.  Fopen returns a pointer to be used to identify the stream in sub-
       sequent operations.

       Type is a character string having one of the following values:

       "r"  open for reading

       "w"  create for writing

       "a"  append: open for writing at end of file, or create for writing

       In addition, each type may be followed by a "+" to have the file opened for reading and writing.  "r+" positions the stream at  the  begin-
       ning of the file, "w+" creates or truncates it, and "a+" positions it at the end.  Both reads and writes may be used on read/write streams,
       with the limitation that an fseek, rewind, or reading an end-of-file must be used between a read and a write or vice-versa.

       Freopen substitutes the named file in place of the open stream.	It returns the original value of stream.  The original stream is closed.

       Freopen is typically used to attach the preopened constant names, stdin, stdout, stderr, to specified files.

       Fdopen associates a stream with a file descriptor obtained from open, dup, creat, or pipe(2).  The type of the stream must agree  with  the
       mode of the open file.

SEE ALSO

       open(2), fclose(3).

DIAGNOSTICS

       Fopen  and freopen return the pointer NULL if filename cannot be accessed, if too many files are already open, or if other resources needed
       cannot be allocated.

BUGS

       Fdopen is not portable to systems other than UNIX.

       The read/write types do not exist on all systems.  Those systems without read/write modes will probably treat the type as if  the  "+"  was
       not present.  These are unreliable in any event.

4th Berkeley Distribution					   May 27, 1986 							  FOPEN(3)