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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| f97f1c3f | 5 | .\" @(#)access.3 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| d296f543 | 6 | .\" |
| f97f1c3f | 7 | .TH ACCESS 3F "" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | access \- determine accessability of a file | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B integer function access (name, mode) | |
| 13 | .br | |
| 14 | .B character*(*) name, mode | |
| 15 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 16 | .I Access | |
| 17 | checks the given file, | |
| 18 | .I name, | |
| 19 | for accessability with respect to the caller according to | |
| 20 | .I mode. | |
| 21 | .I Mode | |
| 22 | may include in any order and in any combination one or more of: | |
| 23 | .LP | |
| 24 | .nf | |
| 25 | .ta 1i 2i | |
| 26 | \fBr\fR test for read permission | |
| 27 | \fBw\fR test for write permission | |
| 28 | \fBx\fR test for execute permission | |
| 29 | (blank) test for existence | |
| 30 | .DT | |
| 31 | .fi | |
| 32 | .PP | |
| 33 | An error code is returned if either argument is illegal, or if the file | |
| 34 | can not be accessed in all of the specified modes. | |
| 35 | 0 is returned if the specified access would be successful. | |
| 36 | .SH FILES | |
| 37 | .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a | |
| 38 | .el /usr/lib/libU77.a | |
| 39 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 40 | access(2), perror(3F) | |
| 41 | .SH BUGS | |
| 42 | Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in | |
| 43 | .RI < sys/param.h >. |