ACCESS(1) General Commands Manual ACCESS(1)
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 access(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
access(2)
Kpathsea 3.3.1 4 January 1998 ACCESS(1)
