NAME
access - determine whether a file can be accessed
SYNOPSIS
access -mode file
DESCRIPTION
Exit successfully if file can be
accessed with the specified mode. mode is one or more
letters of rwx, where r is for readable, w is
for writable, and x is for executable.
The difference between access and test is that the
latter looks at the permission bits, while the former checks using
the (2)
system call. This makes a difference when file systems have been
mounted read-only.
OPTIONS
access accepts the following additional
options:
- --help
- Print help message and exit.
- --version
- Print version information and exit.
SEE ALSO
(2)