ACCESS(2) 1990 ACCESS(2) NNAAMMEE access - determine accessibility of file SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ##iinncclluuddee <<uunniissttdd..hh>> aacccceessssiibbllee == aacccceessss((ppaatthh,, mmooddee)) iinntt aacccceessssiibbllee;; cchhaarr **ppaatthh;; iinntt mmooddee;; DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN _A_c_c_e_s_s checks the given file _p_a_t_h for accessibility accord- ing to _m_o_d_e, which is the bitwise inclusive OR of the access permissions to be checked (R_OK for read permission, W_OK for write permission and X_OK for execute/search permission) or the existence test, F_OK. Specifying _m_o_d_e as F_OK tests whether the directories leading to the file can be searched and the file exists. The real user ID and the group access list (including the real group ID) are used in verifying permission, so this call is useful to set-UID programs. Notice that only access bits are checked. A directory may be indicated as writable by _a_c_c_e_s_s, but an attempt to open it for writing will fail (although files may be created there); a file may look executable, but _e_x_e_c_v_e will fail unless it is in proper format. RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE If _p_a_t_h cannot be found or if any of the desired access modes would not be granted, then a -1 value is returned; otherwise a 0 value is returned. EERRRROORRSS Access to the file is denied if one or more of the following are true: [ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory. [EINVAL] The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set. [ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded 255 char- acters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters. [ENOENT] The named file does not exist. [EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component Printed 7/27/90 May 1 ACCESS(2) 1990 ACCESS(2) of the path prefix. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. [EROFS] Write access is requested for a file on a read-only file system. [ETXTBSY] Write access is requested for a pure pro- cedure (shared text) file that is being exe- cuted. [EACCES] Permission bits of the file mode do not per- mit the requested access, or search permis- sion is denied on a component of the path prefix. The owner of a file has permission checked with respect to the ``owner'' read, write, and execute mode bits, members of the file's group other than the owner have per- mission checked with respect to the ``group'' mode bits, and all others have permissions checked with respect to the ``other'' mode bits. [EFAULT] _P_a_t_h points outside the process's allocated address space. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. SSEEEE AALLSSOO chmod(2), stat(2) Printed 7/27/90 May 2