NAME

access − determine accessability of a file

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Access checks the given file, name, for accessability with respect to the caller according to mode.  Mode may include in any order and in any combination one or more of:

rtest for read permission
wtest for write permission
xtest for execute permission

(blank)test for existence

An error code is returned if either argument is illegal, or if the file can not be accessed in all of the specified modes.  0 is returned if the specified access would be successful. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

access(2), perror(3F)

BUGS

Pathnames can be no longer than 127 characters. 

7th Edition