man/man3f/access.3

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 @(#)access.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93

 ACCESS 3F ""
C 5  NAME
access - determine accessibility of a file
 SYNOPSIS
 integer function access (name, mode)
 character*(*) name, mode  DESCRIPTION
 Access checks the given file,
 name, for accessibility with respect to the caller according to
 mode.  Mode may include in any order and in any combination one or more of:

 r test for read permission
 w test for write permission
 x test for execute permission
 (blank) test for existence


An error code is returned if either argument is illegal, or if the file
cannot be accessed in all of the specified modes.
0 is returned if the specified access would be successful.
 FILES
 "SEE ALSO"
access(2), perror(3F)
 BUGS
Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in
 < sys/param.h >.