TH KPSEACCESS 1 "1 March 2011" "Kpathsea @VERSION@"
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SH NAME
kpseaccess \- determine whether a file can be accessed
SH SYNOPSIS
B kpseaccess
I mode
I file
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SH DESCRIPTION
Exit successfully if
I file
can be accessed with the specified
IR mode .
The
I mode
is an optional dash
RB (` \- ')
followed by zero or more letters of
BR rwx ,
where
B r
is for readable,
B w
is for writable, and
B x
is for executable.
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The difference between
B kpseaccess
and
B test
is that the latter looks at the permission bits, while the former
checks using the
BR access (2)
system call. This makes a difference when file systems have been
mounted read-only.
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SH OPTIONS
B kpseaccess
accepts the following options:
TP
B --help
Print help message and exit.
TP
B --version
Print version information and exit.
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SH "SEE ALSO"
BR access (2)
