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From: "mike" <ruler@isolate.net>
Subject: Re: Misc C question
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:10:59 -0400
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To: xmp <xmp@multipasto.net.co>, linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org

Hi,

Basically, you could use the fexist() function (I think that's what its
called), or the way most people do it..
FILE *blah;
if ((blah = fopen("/path/to/file, "r")) != NULL) {
    printf("File does not exist.");
    exit(0);
}

Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "xmp" <xmp@multipasto.net.co>
To: <linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: Misc C question


> hi, What is the correct unix-style way to check if a file exists ? create
it ? and delete it ?.
> Maybe trying to fopen() it and if call != NULL it exist, else it doesnt?.
> I want to know the most standard and used in system such as FreeBSD and
solaris, linux.
>
> bye
>
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