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NAME
access - determine existence or accessibility of named file
SYNOPSIS
access(name [, mode])
TYPES
name string
mode integer or string containing only 'r', 'w', 'x' characters
return null value or error
DESCRIPTION
access(name) or access(name, 0) or access(name, "") returns the null
value if a file with this name exists.
If non-null mode is specified, the null value is returned if there
is a file with the specified name and accessibility indicated by the
bits or characters of the mode argument: 'r' or bit 2 for reading,
'w' or bit 1 for writing, 'x' or bit 0 for execution.
EXAMPLE
> !rm -f junk
> access("junk")
Error 10002 XXX This number will probably be changed
> f = fopen("junk", "w")
> access("junk")
> fputs(f, "Now is the time");
> freopen(f, "r");
> !chmod u-w junk
> fgets(f)
"Now is the time"
> access("junk", "w")
Error 10013 XXX
> freopen(f, "w")
Error 10013 XXX
LIMITS
none - XXX - is this correct?
LIBRARY
none - XXX - is this correct?
SEE ALSO
errno, fclose, feof, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetline, fgets, files, fopen,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fseek, fsize, ftell, isfile, printf, prompt