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c++relative-pathstat

can we use stat with relative path to a file in c++

Can we use the stat with a relative path to the file, for checking that the file exists or not? When I used this, I am always getting negative results.

Solution

  • This code shows r=0 as output:

    #include <iostream>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>


int main()
{
    struct stat buf;
    int r = stat("../junk", &buf);
    std::cout << "r=" << r << std::endl;
}

    Output from ls -l .. (cut down to show only relevant directory):

    $ ls -l ../
drwxr-xr-x  6 username group  12288 Aug 27 09:48 junk