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  Function            fileexist - does a file exist

  Syntax              boolean fileexist(char *filename);

  Prototype in        filehk.h

  Remarks             checks if a file entry exists. The string filename
                      should be a standard DOS filename, with optional
                      drive and/or path. Files with hidden or system
                      attributes will not be found (searches are done via
                      findfirst() with 0 as an attribute byte).

                      Wildcards (*,?) are supported.

                      This function does not harm the dta. The dta is
                      modified by this function, but restored before
                      returning.

  Return value        returns TRUE if filename exists, FALSE if filename
                      does not exist. If an error occurs, FALSE will be
                      returned and Borland's variable errno will contain
                      the error code.

  See also            isdir()

  Example             #include <filehk.h>

                      main()
                      {
                           char fname[] = "a:\tchks.lib";

                           printf("%s is ",fname);
                           if (! fileexist(fname))
                                printf("not ");
                           printf("found\n");
                      }

See Also: isdir()
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