CFile::GetStatus takes too much time to check not exist file

[c.chen]

hi,
I used "static BOOL PASCAL GetStatus( LPCTSTR lpszFileName, CFileStatus& rStatus );" to get file status information in my code, but if the lpszFileName was a network file path(such as "\\192.168.0.125\test\test.txt"), and the "test.txt" file did not exist, it would take a lot of time to wait CFile::GetStatus return.
Can anything do to cut down the waitng time? Cos my application got lots files to check, and it really take too much time to wait.

Thanks.
c chen

[DaMagic]

Hello,

don't know if following works or is even faster.

SHFILEINFO shFileInfo;
if (0 != ::SHGetFileInfo(lpszFileName, 0, &shFileInfo, sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_TYPENAME)) ...

[VladimirF]

Can anything do to cut down the waitng time?

That CFile::GetStatus() function does a LOT of things.
If you only need to check existence - try _taccess() with the mode 0.

[c.chen]

Thanks you two, i tried SHGetFileInfo and _taccess,SHGetFileInfo took about 80s and _taccess just the same as CFile::GetStatus, it took about 27s.
Any other ideas? I found that CMD tool PING can detect the host's existence quickly. Some way to use that technology?