Check if a file exists - C99 Standard

[thinkabout]

What is the best way to see if a file exist ?

I write this one but i can´t know if the file exist or if i can´t read it.

I can only use C99 Standard

   pFile = fopen(nomeFich, "rb");


    // File Exist
    if (pFile != NULL) {

                 // Doing my stuff here, create a list...     

        fclose(pFile);
        return list;
    } else {
        puts("The file don´t exist or can´t be open);
        return NULL;
    }

[laserlight]

I think that's the best you can do given the standard I/O functions.

[Salem]

The errno variable (errno.h) and the strerror function (string.h) will tell you why the file could not be opened.

if ( fp == NULL ) {
  // or use the perror() function
  printf("why? %d %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
}