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