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/* ... */
FILE *fptr;
errno_t res = fopen_s(&fptr,"foo.txt", "r");
if (res != 0) { /* file does not exist */
  res = fopen_s(&fptr,"foo.txt", "w");
  /* ... */
  fclose(fptr);
} else {
  fclose(fptr);
}
/* ... */

Compliant Solution: open() (POSIX)

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The {{fopen()}} function does not indicate if an existing file has been opened for writing or a new file has been created. However, the {{open()}} function as defined in the Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 \[[Open Group 04|AA. C References#Open Group 04]\] is available on many platforms and provides such a mechanism.  If the {{O_CREAT}} and {{O_EXCL}} flags are used together, the {{open()}} function fails when the file specified by {{file_name}} already exists.

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