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1 perry 1 ACCESS
2 !!!ACCESS
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 ----
9 !!NAME
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12 access - determine whether a file can be accessed
13 !!SYNOPSIS
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16 __access__ ''-mode file''
17 !!DESCRIPTION
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20 Exit successfully if ''file'' can be accessed with the
21 specified mode. ''mode'' is one or more letters of
22 ''rwx'', where ''r'' is for readable, ''w'' is for
23 writable, and ''x'' is for executable.
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26 The difference between __access__ and __test__ is that
27 the latter looks at the permission bits, while the former
28 checks using the access(2) system call. This makes a
29 difference when file systems have been mounted
30 read-only.
31 !!OPTIONS
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34 __access__ accepts the following additional
35 options:
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38 __--help__
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41 Print help message and exit.
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44 __--version__
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47 Print version information and exit.
48 !!SEE ALSO
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51 access(2)
52 ----
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