Does file exist?

[Rickard Andersson20]

Is there a way to check if a file exist?? I'm using ::GetPrivateProfileXXX(...) funktion and if the file doesn't exist my app crashes... so I need a way to check if my INI exist! ------------------------------------ Rickard Andersson, Suza Computing ICQ#: 50302279 I'm from the winter country SWEDEN! ------------------------------------

[Mike Nordell]

GetFileAttributes

[Jack Handy]

If you are using MFC you can use CFile like so..

if (f.Open(filename, CFile::modeRead) == TRUE) {

Otherwise you could do something similar with fopen() and check for NULL -Jack To an optimist the glass is half full. To a pessimist the glass is half empty. To a programmer the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

[Joaquin M Lopez Munoz]

#include <io.h>
...
if(_access(filename,0)==0){
// file exists
}

Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

[Lost User]

FILE *fp = fopen("C:\\file.txt", "r"); if (!fp) } //... no file { else { //... there is a file fclose(fp); }

[mynab]

Also for information there is a simple way to check if a file is writable or not:

FILE *f = fopen(filename, "ab");
if (!f)
{
// file is not writable
}
else
{
fclose(f);
}