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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)