to find out file is exsit or not with open that file in linux c programming?

From: somez72 (somez72_at_chollian.net)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:39:05 +0900

hello.
    is there a function to find out file is exsit or not with open that
file?

    what I mean, in a C code ( linux )
    without opening (open or fopen ), how can I find out file exsiting or
not?

Have a day.
Thank you.