file_exists

Section: Allegro manual (3)
Updated: version 4.2.2
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NAME

file_exists - Tells if a file exists. Allegro game programming library.  

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

int file_exists(const char *filename, int attrib, int *aret);  

DESCRIPTION

Checks whether a file matching the given name and attributes (see beginning of this chapter) exists. If `aret' is not NULL, it will be set to the attributes of the matching file. Example: 

   /* Check for a normal file. */
   if (file_exists("franken.dat", 0, NULL))
      allegro_message("It is alive!\n");
 

RETURN VALUE

Returns non-zero if the file exists, or zero if it doesn't or the specified attributes mask it out.

 

SEE ALSO

exists(3), file_size_ex(3), file_time(3)