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+include <tbset.h>
+
+# tbtacc -- test for existence of table
+# This function returns YES if the table exists, NO if not.
+# We attempt to open the specified file read-only as a table using tbtopn.
+# If that fails, either the file does not exist or it is not a table (or
+# we don't have read access to it), and the value NO is returned as the
+# function value.  If the open is successful, it exists but still might not
+# be a table (it could be a FITS primary header or IMAGE extension).  We
+# therefore get the table subtype to check for this.  If the subtype is
+# image, we return NO; otherwise, we return YES.
+# (Until 4-Dec-90 we called tbtext and access.  The problem with that was
+# that it would report YES for any file that existed regardless of whether
+# it really was a table.)
+#
+# Phil Hodge, 25-Aug-1987  Function created.
+# Phil Hodge,  4-Dec-1990  Use tbtopn instead of access.
+# Phil Hodge, 22-Feb-2002  If tbtopn succeeds, test if subtype is image.
+
+int procedure tbtacc (tablename)
+
+char	tablename[ARB]		# i: the table name
+#--
+pointer tp
+pointer tbtopn()
+int	subtype, tbpsta()
+
+begin
+	iferr {
+	    tp = tbtopn (tablename, READ_ONLY, NULL)
+	} then {
+	    return (NO)
+	}
+	subtype = tbpsta (tp, TBL_SUBTYPE)
+	call tbtclo (tp)
+	if (subtype == TBL_SUBTYPE_IMAGE)
+	    return (NO)
+	else
+	    return (YES)
+end