ACCESS(3F)                           BSD                            ACCESS(3F)



NAME
     access - determine accessibility of a file

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

DESCRIPTION
     access checks the given file, name, for accessibility with respect to the
     caller according to mode. mode may include, in any order and in any
     combination, one or more of the following:

             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
     cannot 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>.