Check if file exists in C

Below program shows how to check if file exists or not.

#include<stdio.h>             

#include<stdlib.h>

void main()

{

      // here declare a file in pointer.

    FILE *filep;                          

     

      // try to open a text file at location c:\abc.txt.

     

      //if file exists, fopen will return not null pointer

    filep =fopen("c:\\abc.txt","r");

     

    if (!filep)

     {

      printf ("File does not exist\n");

      getchar();

     }

    else

     {

      printf("File exists at given location");

     }

}

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