Re: File handling?

"MM" <> wrote in message
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> Two questions about file acces/handling:
>
> 1) How do I easily check if a certain file (say "testfile.dat") exist in
the
> current directory?
>
> 2) Is there a nice way to (platform independently!) remove/delete a file
in
> C?
> Using for example
> system("del filename.txt");
> doesn't work for me, of course, since "del" is not OK in UNIX...
>
> MM
>
>
>

Unfortunately, Standard C does not provide any way to check for existence of
a file. You can try opening it and check for failure, but that's about it.
As for deleting a file, C provides the rename() library function.

Eric Bernard

Eric Bernard

Eric Bernard wrote:
> Unfortunately, Standard C does not provide any way to check for
existence of
> a file. You can try opening it and check for failure, but that's about it.
> As for deleting a file, C provides the rename() library function.

You mean "remove()" right?

Tom

Tom St Denis

Eric Bernard wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, Standard C does not provide any way to check for existence of
> a file. You can try opening it and check for failure, but that's about it.
> As for deleting a file, C provides the rename() library function.

s/rename/remove/

--

Eric Sosman

"Eric Bernard" <> wrote in message
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>
> "MM" <> wrote in message
> news:RkePa.1076$...
> > Two questions about file acces/handling:
> >
> > 1) How do I easily check if a certain file (say "testfile.dat") exist in
> the
> > current directory?
> >
> > 2) Is there a nice way to (platform independently!) remove/delete a file
> in
> > C?
> > Using for example
> > system("del filename.txt");
> > doesn't work for me, of course, since "del" is not OK in UNIX...
> >
> > MM
> >
> >
> >
>
> Unfortunately, Standard C does not provide any way to check for existence
of
> a file. You can try opening it and check for failure, but that's about it.
> As for deleting a file, C provides the rename() library function.
>
> Eric Bernard
>
>

s/rename/remove/ indeed. Althought rename is also a standard function. Sorry
about that mistake.

Eric Bernard