check for / modify file in hidden folder

[willc0de4food]

hey...i was wondering how i would go about checking for and modifying a file thats in a hidden folder. do i need to modify the properties of the folder? or the file? (the file i want to check for and modify is in the Application Data folder). this code didn't work:

fileptr = fopen("%APPDATA%/.gaim/status.xml", "r");

thanks

[eerok]

Dot files are conventionally treated differently by unix utilities and apps, but as far as standard C functions are concerned, they're just files with filenames that start with a dot. They're not hidden per se.

edit: oops, I forgot we're talking about dirs, but it's the same thing.

However, you need to explicitly spell out your pathnames, so if APPDATA is an environment variable, then grab it with getenv() ...

[willc0de4food]

yes, that function is what i needed.
thank you