Checking if a file exists

[Maurader]

I want to open a stream for file output. How do I check if the file exists? If it exists, I want to popup a dialog box asking if the user wants to overwrite...

thanks!

 

[dds82]

First, try to open the stream for input. If that fails, then your file doesn't exist.

 

[Leibnitz]

Try this:

bool fExist( char* filename )
{
WIN32_FIND_DATA file;
HANDLE hFile;
if (( hFile = FindFirstFile( filename,&file ))
== INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
{
return false;
}
return true;
}