How can I tell if a given path is a directory or a file? (C/C++)

Question

I\'m using C and sometimes I have to handle paths like

• C:\\Whatever
• C:\\Whatever\\
• C:\\Whatever\\Somefile

Is there a way to ch

Answer 1

If you're using CFile you can try

CFileStatus status;
    if (CFile::GetStatus(fileName, status) && status.m_attribute == 0x10){
       //it's directory
}