Re: Cannot retrieve file date

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From: Jos�
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:03

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On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:03:41 -0800, "Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)"
<no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi:

>CreateFile() is not creating a file itself.  It is creating a "handle" to 
>the file, so there is always a resource creation occuring.  
>
>The same argument can be said of fopen(), though.  It is able to create new 
>files even though its name suggests it can only open them.  

The name CreateFile() is rather threatening. I do not want to create a
file which already exists, destroying the existing file. 

OTOH, the name fopen() sounds rather safe. If it offers the unexpected
extra service to create a non-existant file, it causes no damage.

I always used fopen() to handle files. Is there a reason why I should
use CreateFile()? Is the use of either function obsolete and frowned
upon?
-- 
Jos�

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