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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)access.3f   6.2 (Berkeley) 5/27/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH ACCESS 3F "May 27, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: access \- determine accessibility of a file
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B integer function access (name, mode)
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B character*(*) name, mode
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Access
        !            17: checks the given file,
        !            18: .I name,
        !            19: for accessibility with respect to the caller according to
        !            20: .I mode.
        !            21: .I Mode
        !            22: may include in any order and in any combination one or more of:
        !            23: .LP
        !            24: .nf
        !            25: .ta 1i 2i
        !            26:           \fBr\fR      test for read permission
        !            27:           \fBw\fR      test for write permission
        !            28:           \fBx\fR      test for execute permission
        !            29:        (blank) test for existence
        !            30: .DT
        !            31: .fi
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: An error code is returned if either argument is illegal, or if the file
        !            34: cannot be accessed in all of the specified modes.
        !            35: 0 is returned if the specified access would be successful.
        !            36: .SH FILES
        !            37: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            38: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            39: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            40: access(2), perror(3F)
        !            41: .SH BUGS
        !            42: Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in
        !            43: .RI < sys/param.h >.

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