netbsd man page for file_exists

Query: file_exists

OS: netbsd

Section: 3alleg4

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file_exists(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual					      file_exists(3alleg4)

NAME
file_exists - Tells if a file exists. Allegro game programming library.
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> int file_exists(const char *filename, int attrib, int *aret);
DESCRIPTION
Checks whether a file matching the given name and attributes (see beginning of this chapter) exists. If `aret' is not NULL, it will be set to the attributes of the matching file. Example: /* Check for a normal file. */ if (file_exists("franken.dat", 0, NULL)) allegro_message("It is alive! ");
RETURN VALUE
Returns non-zero if the file exists, or zero if it doesn't or the specified attributes mask it out.
SEE ALSO
exists(3alleg4), file_size_ex(3alleg4), file_time(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 file_exists(3alleg4)
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