file exists

[BrianEKeating]

to determin if a file exists !
do i have to try and open the file and see if it is successfully opened for read! or is there a command to do it?

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[Igor Soukhov]

Hi ! Hope this function will usefull for you.


#include <fstream>

bool FileExists (const char *fname)
{
return std::ifstream(fname) != NULL;
}







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[Axter]

You don't have to open it. You can use the stat function.

Example:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

struct stat f__stat;
bool FileExist = (stat(lpFileName,&f__stat) != 0)

Although stat() is a non-Ansi C++ function, most compilers support it.