i want to check if a file is exists in a directory or not during runtime in my C++ programme i wrote on solaris

any one knows how that check can be done for unix ? in c++

Just open the file, using ios::nocreate, and if it fails, the file doesn't exist. If it doesn't fail, you can just close the file.

Try stat or _stat. It gives you all the file details. If the file does not exist, it returns -1.

file *fp;
fp=fopen("filename","r");

now if fp==NULL

ur file does not exist..