From: eyal DOT ben-david AT aks DOT com
To: morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID: <422564FD.005B6F93.00@aks.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 18:47:10 +0200
Subject: Re: file_exists()
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On 8/24/97 5:22:56 AM Michael Phelps  wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 Marco DOT Monteiro AT delorie DOT com wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>   how can i inspect if a file exists?
>>   I'm using the function following function; is there a better one?
>>
>
in C++ this could be written as follows:


#include <fstream.h>

bool  file_exist(const char*  filename)
{
     return  ifstream(filename, ios::in | ios::nocreate).good();
}


Eyal.