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From: glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin)
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Subject: Re: Does file exist in THINK C...
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Date: 28 May 91 01:49:29 GMT
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In article <1991May20.190829.3885@cs.yale.edu>, tarr-michael@CS.YALE.EDU (Michael J. Tarr) writes:
> In THINK C (4.0.5) I wish to be able to find out if a file already
> exists. In DOS the easy thing to do is access(filename, 0), but I don't
> know of a comparable unix or Mac function. Any clues?

Call GetFInfo on the file, and check the error code.  If it exists, then
noErr is returned.

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