C Programming Code Examples C > Code Snippets Displays the attributes of a selected file Displays the attributes of a selected file #include <stdio.h> #include <io.h> int main() { int mode; /*check a files attributes*/ mode = access("f:/samples.txt",0); if(mode) printf("File does not exist.\n"); else /*check if the file can be written to*/ mode = access("f:/samples.txt",2); if(mode) printf("File cannot be written.\n"); else printf("file can be written to.\n"); /*check if file can be read*/ mode = access("f:/samples.txt",4); if(mode) printf("File cannot be read.\n"); else printf("File can be read.\n"); /*check if afile can be read/written*/ mode = access("f:/samples.txt",6); if(mode) printf("File cannot be read/written to.\n"); else printf("File can be read/written to.\n"); return 0; }
