NAME

access − determine accessibility of a file

SYNTAX

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

DESCRIPTION

The access function checks file name for accessibility with respect to the caller according to mode.  The 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 either if the argument is illegal or if the file can not be accessed in all of the specified modes.  A 0 is returned if the specified access would be successful.

RESTRICTIONS

Pathnames can be no longer than 128 bytes. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

access(2), perror(3f)