What's the best way to check if a file exists in C?

Question

Is there a better way than simply trying to open the file?

int exists(const char *fname)
{
    FILE *file;
    if ((file = fopen(fname, \"r\")))
    {
               


        

Answer 1

FILE *file;
    if((file = fopen("sample.txt","r"))!=NULL)
        {
            // file exists
            fclose(file);
        }
    else
        {
            //File not found, no memory leak since 'file' == NULL
            //fclose(file) would cause an error
        }