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exists – Shortcut version of file_exists() for normal files. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>

int exists(const char *filename);

Description

Shortcut version of file_exists(), which checks for normal files, which may have the archive or read-only bits set, but are not hidden, directories, system files, etc.

Return Value

Returns non-zero if the file exists, or zero if it doesn’t.

See Also

file_exists(3), file_size_ex(3), file_time(3)