Re: File exist

Keith Thompson wrote:

ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
paytam@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...]
Try using stat(5).

There is no stat() function in standard C. Using it will limit the
portability of your code. See comp.unix.programmer.


I learnt from others that there is a function named access can be used
to detect if a dedicated file exists. The function is as follows:

int access (char* filename, int mode)

For instance, if I wanted to know whether /opt/test.log exists, I would
call this function as
int flag = access("/opt/test.log", 0);

However, this function is included in <io.h>, perhaps it's not a
standard function either.

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