How to find out if a file exists in C# / .NET?

I would like to test a string containing a path to a file for existence of that file (something like the -e test in Perl or the os.path.exists() in Python) in C#.

From stackoverflow Daren Thomas

• Use:

  File.Exists(path)
  

  MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.exists.aspx

  Edit: In System.IO

  From Daniel Jennings

• System.IO.File.Exists(path)

  msdn

  From pirho

• System.IO

  using System.IO;
  if (File.Exists(path)) 
                  {
                      Console.WriteLine("file exists");
                  }
  

  From Peter Hoffmann