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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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NAME
expat - Using patterned drawing modes and sub-bitmaps. Allegro game programming library. SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro.h> Example expat DESCRIPTION
This program demonstrates the use of patterned drawing and sub-bitmaps. SEE ALSO
BITMAP(3alleg4), END_OF_MAIN(3alleg4), acquire_bitmap(3alleg4), allegro_error(3alleg4), allegro_init(3alleg4), allegro_message(3alleg4), bitmap_mask_color(3alleg4), blit(3alleg4), clear_to_color(3alleg4), create_bitmap(3alleg4), create_sub_bitmap(3alleg4), desktop_pal- ette(3alleg4), destroy_bitmap(3alleg4), drawing_mode(3alleg4), font(3alleg4), install_keyboard(3alleg4), makecol(3alleg4), masked_blit(3alleg4), palette_color(3alleg4), readkey(3alleg4), rectfill(3alleg4), release_bitmap(3alleg4), screen(3alleg4), set_gfx_mode(3alleg4), set_palette(3alleg4), solid_mode(3alleg4), text_height(3alleg4), text_length(3alleg4), textout_ex(3alleg4) Allegro version 4.4.2 expat(3alleg4)
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