4.3BSD-UWisc/man/cat3/access.3f

ACCESS(3F)          UNIX Programmer's Manual           ACCESS(3F)



NAME
     access - determine accessibility of a file

SYNOPSIS
     integer function access (name, mode)
     character*(*) name, mode

DESCRIPTION
     _A_c_c_e_s_s checks the given file, _n_a_m_e, for accessibility with
     respect to the caller according to _m_o_d_e. _M_o_d_e 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 suc-
     cessful.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
     access(2), perror(3F)

BUGS
     Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in
     <_s_y_s/_p_a_r_a_m._h>.
























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