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You might use one of these.

I like the second version because I to independently check for a file
or for a directory.

  -------------
  #include <io.h>

  bool MyFileExists(const char *name)
    {
    return !access(name, 0);
    }
  -------------

  -------------
  #include <windows.h>

  bool MyFileExists(const char *fname)
    {
    DWORD a = GetFileAttributes(name);

    return (a != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) &&
             !(a & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
    }

  bool MyDirExists(const char *fname)
    {
    DWORD a = GetFileAttributes(name);

    return (a != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) &&
             (a & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
    }
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.  Ed

> Hans Galema wrote in message
> news:408d6cad$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> Had some bad hours searching for unexpected
> behaviour on a remote server.
>
> Finally I could track it down on a 'failing' of FileExists().
>
> There was a '?' in a FileName that was generated by code.
> The '?' was interpreted as a wildcard.
>
> Before loading the file in a TRichEdit I checked
> it precence by using FileExist.
>
> There came no answer from the server as the folowing
> LoadFromFile threw an exeption.
>
> Demo:
>
> void __fastcall TForm1::Button2Click(TObject *Sender)
> {
>    AnsiString FileName = "Unit1.?";
>
>    if ( FileExists ( FileName ) ) // This will find Unit1.cpp or
Unit1.h
>       {
>       ShowMessage ( FileName + "\n\nFileExists" );
>
>       Memo1->Lines->LoadFromFile ( FileName );   // exeption!
>       }
>    else
>       ShowMessage ( FileName + "\n\nno FileExists" );
> }
>
> There is nothing in the help for bcb3 that informs of FileExists
using
> wildcards.
>
> Now I can write my own file_exists() which does what I want:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> bool file_exists ( char *path )
>          {
>          FILE *stream = fopen ( path, "rb" );
>
>          if ( ! stream ) return false;
>
>          fclose ( stream );
>
>          return true;
>          }
>
> But is there a more native solution ?
>
> Hans.