Hi all
Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.I mean when
you use this commands
FILE *fp;
if(!fp)
//Could not open the file
doen't show why it can not open it,may be the file doesn't exist.Now
tell me what should I do!
Thanks
Apr 16 '06
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Keith Thompson wrote: ed <ed@noreply.com > writes: On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
pa****@gmail.co m wrote: Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...] Try using stat(5).
There is no stat() function in standard C. Using it will limit the
portability of your code. See comp.unix.progr ammer.
I learnt from others that there is a function named access can be used
to detect if a dedicated file exists. The function is as follows:
int access (char* filename, int mode)
For instance, if I wanted to know whether /opt/test.log exists, I would
call this function as
int flag = access("/opt/test.log", 0);
However, this function is included in <io.h>, perhaps it's not a
standard function either.
Claude Yih wrote: Keith Thompson wrote:
ed <ed@noreply.com > writes: On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
pa****@gmail.co m wrote:
Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...] Try using stat(5).
There is no stat() function in standard C. Using it will limit the
portability of your code. See comp.unix.progr ammer.
I learnt from others that there is a function named access can be used
to detect if a dedicated file exists. The function is as follows:
int access (char* filename, int mode)
For instance, if I wanted to know whether /opt/test.log exists, I would
call this function as
int flag = access("/opt/test.log", 0);
However, this function is included in <io.h>, perhaps it's not a
standard function either.
It is not part of standard C. As I'm sure others have said in this
thread standard C does not provide any portable method to see if a file
exists. So you can be sure that any method you find goes beyond what
standard C provides.
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In article <76************ @news.flash-gordon.me.uk>, Flash Gordon
<sp**@flash-gordon.me.uk> wrote:
Claude Yih wrote: Keith Thompson wrote:
ed <ed@noreply.com > writes:
On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
pa****@gmail.co m wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...]
Try using stat(5).
There is no stat() function in standard C. Using it will limit the
portability of your code. See comp.unix.progr ammer.
I learnt from others that there is a function named access can be used
to detect if a dedicated file exists. The function is as follows:
int access (char* filename, int mode)
For instance, if I wanted to know whether /opt/test.log exists, I would
call this function as
int flag = access("/opt/test.log", 0);
However, this function is included in <io.h>, perhaps it's not a
standard function either.
It is not part of standard C. As I'm sure others have said in this
thread standard C does not provide any portable method to see if a file
exists. So you can be sure that any method you find goes beyond what
standard C provides.
What is wrong with attempting to open the file and if there is no error
closing it again? Surely this is standard 'C'?
John
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Mr John FO Evans wrote:
[...] >> On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
>> pa****@gmail.co m wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...] What is wrong with attempting to open the file and if there is no error
closing it again? Surely this is standard 'C'?
Because if it fails, it won't (necessarily) tell you why. As has been
pointed out elsethread, insufficient access privileges will fail the
same way as a non-existent file. While many implementations will set
errno to the reason for the failure, such behavior is not guaranteed by
the Standard.
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Mr John FO Evans <mi***@orpheusm ail.co.uk> writes: In article <76************ @news.flash-gordon.me.uk>, Flash Gordon
<sp**@flash-gordon.me.uk> wrote:
[...] It is not part of standard C. As I'm sure others have said in this
thread standard C does not provide any portable method to see if a file
exists. So you can be sure that any method you find goes beyond what
standard C provides.
What is wrong with attempting to open the file and if there is no error
closing it again? Surely this is standard 'C'?
Yes, but it only tells you whether you were able to open the file; it
doesn't necessarily tell you why. (And fopen() doesn't even
necessarily set errno to a meaningful value.)
On some systems, it might be possible to open a file in binary mode
but not in text mode, or vice versa.
In some cases, it's not even possible to determine whether a file
exists; you might not have permission to ask (e.g., if the file is in
a directory you don't have permission to read). Also, a file might
exist when you test it, but cease to exist before you use it.
Usually the best approach is to try to open the file, and handle the
error if the attempt fails. Providing information about *why* it
failed can be useful, but it isn't absolutely necessary, and it can't
be done portably.
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Mr John FO Evans wrote: In article <76************ @news.flash-gordon.me.uk>, Flash Gordon
<sp**@flash-gordon.me.uk> wrote: Claude Yih wrote: Keith Thompson wrote:
ed <ed@noreply.com > writes:
> On 16 Apr 2006 01:53:03 -0700
> pa****@gmail.co m wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me how can I check that a file exist or no.
[...]
> Try using stat(5).
There is no stat() function in standard C. Using it will limit the
portability of your code. See comp.unix.progr ammer.
I learnt from others that there is a function named access can be used
to detect if a dedicated file exists. The function is as follows:
int access (char* filename, int mode)
For instance, if I wanted to know whether /opt/test.log exists, I would
call this function as
int flag = access("/opt/test.log", 0);
However, this function is included in <io.h>, perhaps it's not a
standard function either.
It is not part of standard C. As I'm sure others have said in this
thread standard C does not provide any portable method to see if a file
exists. So you can be sure that any method you find goes beyond what
standard C provides.
What is wrong with attempting to open the file and if there is no error
closing it again? Surely this is standard 'C'?
It's standard C but it does not prove the file does not exist. It might
exist but your have permission set preventing you from opening it
(perhaps a different user owns it) or another process might have it
opened exclusively, or...
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Web site - http://home.flash-gordon.me.uk/
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Keith Thompson wrote:
[...] Usually the best approach is to try to open the file, and handle the
error if the attempt fails. Providing information about *why* it
failed can be useful, but it isn't absolutely necessary, and it can't
be done portably.
Isn't this portable?
... proper #include's, etc. implied ...
errno=0;
f = fopen(filename, mode);
if ( f == NULL )
{
if ( errno != 0 )
perror(filename );
else
fprintf(stderr, "fopen() of %s failed.\n",file name);
exit(EXIT_FAILU RE);
}
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Kenneth Brody <ke******@spamc op.net> writes: Keith Thompson wrote:
[...] Usually the best approach is to try to open the file, and handle the
error if the attempt fails. Providing information about *why* it
failed can be useful, but it isn't absolutely necessary, and it can't
be done portably.
Isn't this portable?
... proper #include's, etc. implied ...
errno=0;
f = fopen(filename, mode);
if ( f == NULL )
{
if ( errno != 0 )
perror(filename );
else
fprintf(stderr, "fopen() of %s failed.\n",file name);
exit(EXIT_FAILU RE);
}
No, since the standard doesn't say that fopen() sets errno on failure.
perror() could print something silly like "foo.txt: No error", or
"foo.txt: File exists".
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Kenneth Brody wrote: Keith Thompson wrote:
[...] Usually the best approach is to try to open the file, and handle the
error if the attempt fails. Providing information about *why* it
failed can be useful, but it isn't absolutely necessary, and it can't
be done portably.
Isn't this portable?
... proper #include's, etc. implied ...
errno=0;
f = fopen(filename, mode);
if ( f == NULL )
{
if ( errno != 0 )
perror(filename );
else
fprintf(stderr, "fopen() of %s failed.\n",file name);
exit(EXIT_FAILU RE);
}
It's portable, but it might always print out "fopen() of %s failed.\n"
and never give a reason on some implementations .
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Web site - http://home.flash-gordon.me.uk/
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After reading all the comments on this thread I am astounded that the 'C'
standard does not require that fopen returns a meaningful error when it
fails. Surly this is an ommision - or perhaps it is a acceptance that
computer systems suppliers do not like standards and hence do not provide
meaningful error returns from their lower level routines?
John
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