


      ACCESS(3F)                  (bsd 4.2)                  ACCESS(3F)



      NAME
           access - determine accessability of a file

      SYNTAX
           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:

                   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 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 MAXPATHLEN as defined in
           <sys/param.h>.
























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