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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
  2. Path: news.sprintlink.net!eskimo!scs
  3. From: scs@eskimo.com (Steve Summit)
  4. Subject: Re: Checking to See if a File Exists
  5. X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com
  6. Message-ID: <DMF6n6.I6E@eskimo.com>
  7. Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id)
  8. Organization: schmorganization
  9. References: <DLtI7G.HpE@midway.uchicago.edu> <DM81w4.CB6@news.cern.ch> <DM9FGu.4D4@midway.uchicago.edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:11:29 GMT
  11.  
  12. In article <DM9FGu.4D4@midway.uchicago.edu>, jaj3@kimbark.uchicago.edu
  13. (josef jurek) wrote:
  14. > loreti@mxsld2.pd.infn.it (Maurizio Loreti)
  15. >> Apparently, while you read the FAQ list before posting, you missed Q/A
  16. >> 19.11.
  17. >>
  18. >> 19.11:    How can I check whether a file exists?  I want to warn the user
  19. >>     if a requested input file is missing.
  20. >
  21. > Actually, my copy of the FAQ (dated April 16, 1994) only goes up 
  22. > to Question 17.33.
  23. >
  24. > Thank you for pointing out to me that there have been some significant
  25. > additions since then.
  26.  
  27. Actually, the question Maurizio cites is rather old, and appeared
  28. in the April, 1994 version as 16.8.
  29.  
  30.                     Steve Summit
  31.                     scs@eskimo.com
  32.