How to check if directory exist using C and winAPI

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How do I check whether a directory exists using C   and windows API

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If linking to the shell Lightweight API  shlwapi dll  is ok for you  you can use the PathIsDirectory function

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0 1 second Google search   BOOL DirectoryExists const char  dirName      DWORD attribs     GetFileAttributesA dirName     if  attribs    INVALID FILE ATTRIBUTES        return false        return  attribs  amp  FILE ATTRIBUTE DIRECTORY

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This code might work     if the directory exists  DWORD dwAttr   GetFileAttributes str    if dwAttr    0xffffffff  amp  amp   dwAttr  amp  FILE ATTRIBUTE DIRECTORY

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Here is a simple function which does exactly this    include  lt windows h gt   include  lt string gt   bool dirExists const std  string amp  dirName in      DWORD ftyp   GetFileAttributesA dirName in c str       if  ftyp    INVALID FILE ATTRIBUTES      return false     something is wrong with your path     if  ftyp  amp  FILE ATTRIBUTE DIRECTORY      return true       this is a directory     return false        this is not a directory

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