Re: How do you use FindFirstFile ?

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:13:58 -0700, "Eugene Gershnik"
<gershnik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Timothy Madden wrote:
>>
>> What I actualy need is to see if a file exists and the only documented
>> way to do it that I could find is to use SearchPath.
>
>The only documented way to check for file existence is to open the file. Why
>doesn't it work for you?

GetFileAttributes() is somewhat more reliable and faster, as it will
succeed if the file exists and is accessible (per security/ACL), while
opening the file will fail if it is opened by another process without
appropriate sharing.

FindFirstFile and the _stat family from the CRT (which I believe
eventually call FindFirstFile) are other possibilities, but measurably
slower than GetFileAttributes.

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