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C program to check a specified directory exists or not

Here, we are going to learn how to check a specified directory exists or not using C program.
Submitted by Nidhi, on August 13, 2021

Problem statement

Given a path of the directory, we have to check whether the directory exists or not.

C program to check a specified directory exists or not

The source code to check a specified directory exists or not is given below. The given program is compiled and executed using GCC compile on UBUNTU 18.04 OS successfully.

// C program to check a specified directory 
// exist or not

#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    DIR* dObj;
    dObj = opendir("./image");

    if (dObj != NULL)
        printf("Directory exists.\n");
    else
        printf("Directory does not exists.\n");

    return 0;
}

Output

Directory exists.

Explanation

Here, we checked directory "image" exists in the current directory or not. Then print the appropriate message on the console screen.

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