--- In [email protected], Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> How can I check to see if a file exists under the Windows OS?
> Something like:
>
> if (!file_exists("c:\dir\file.ext"))
> {do_something}
> else
> {do_something_else}
>
> What if the path is a directory?
>
> if (!file_exists("c:\dir"))
> {do_something}
> else
> {do_something_else}
As far as I recall MS-DOS and Windows console programming, you will
have to use double backslashes within the file names, like this:
if ( stat( "c:\\dir\\file.ext"))
{ /* not found */
}
else
{ /* Found! */
}
In order to check whether a file names a directory, in earlier times I
have used this trick:
if ( stat( "c:\\proposed_dir\\NUL"))
{ /* not a directory */
}
else
{ /* Is a directory */
}
But I haven't tried this in ages.
Regards,
Nico
