Thread: Check for file existance...

Hey guys, Just need a quick little bit of help. How do you check if a file exists or not? I tried this...

Code:

...
if(ifstream ("filename")==0)
{
     cout<<"File Exists!";
}
...

it didn't work.

Thanks guys

I believe it works like this:

Code:

ifstream myFile("Something.txt");

if (!myFile){
cout << "\n Failed to open file.";}

else{
cout << "\n Success.";}

or if you are using windows you can use PathFileExists()

I had some problems using PathFileExists();

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	if (PathFileExists("Data.txt") == 0)
	{
		cout << "File Found "<<endl;
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "File Not Found " <<endl;
	}
	cin.get();
}

What header file is this declared in?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>

#pragma comment(lib,"shlwapi.lib")

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	int A = PathFileExists("data.txt");

    if (A == 1)
    {
        cout << "File Found "<<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "File Not Found " <<endl;
    }
    cin.get();
	return 0;
}