which C function is best to check for directory EXISTANCE?

[Karl Vogel]

>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:26:10 -0800, 
>> Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> said:

G> which C function is best to check for the existence of a *directory*?
G> say that I am want to make postitve that "/tmp/foo/" exists.  ALso:
G> which will make sure that the directory AND file
G> "tmp/foo/filename12345" exists and that I have read access to it?

   I'd just call open() with O_RDONLY and if it fails, check errno for
   EACCESS (you don't have permission) or ENOENT (doesn't exist).

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