Re: How to check whether file exists or not

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 06/29/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:34:20 GMT

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 niraj.kumar.ait@gmail.com wrote:

> How to check whether a file exists or not at its speciefied location
> .Is there any system call for this

You can use access(), stat(), or open() to check for a file's existance,
but if you plan to check for a file existance before opening, beware that
this introduces a race condition to your program. In this instance, it's
better to just open() the file and deal with any errors.

HTH, 

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