Thread: Check whether file exists and exceeds a certain size

Hi guys,

I am familiar with checking whether a file exists or not...
Something like:

Code:

int File_Exist(string s)
{   
  ifstream  file;
  int       x = 1;

  file.open(s,ios::in|ios::binary);
  if (file.fail()) x = 0;
  else file.close();  file.clear();
  return(x);
}

However,

Once establishing a file exists I want to check whether it exceeds a certain size... or rather that is contains some data.
That's basically it. If it contains any data then I do one things. If it contains nothing then I do another.

What do you think? Any suggestions?

cheers

If I use something similar:

Code:

 
  ifstream  f;
  int       x = 0;

  f.open(s,ios::in|ios::binary);
  f.seekg(0, ios::end);
  x = f1.tellg();

This should work, do you think?

** Actually how should I deal with the return value of tellg??

thanks

IS this OK for your liking???

Code:

x = static_cast<int>(f.tellg());