From:	Thomas Demmer <demmer AT LSTM DOT Ruhr-UNI-Bochum DOT De>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: checking for file existence
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:54:13 +0200
Organization:	Lehrstuhl fuer Stroemungsmechanik
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Eric wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to check whether or not a file exists without actually
> opening it?
> 
> I have my fopen in a separate encapsulated function. What I want to
> accomplish is the ability to check if a user request for creating a new file
> is on a file that already exists, and if so, provide the option to overwrite
> it (which the encapsulated fopen will do if called).
Try
 info libc alpha stat
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Ciao
Tom

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