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diff --git a/man/man3/access.3 b/man/man3/access.3 deleted file mode 100644 index d98d88a5..00000000 --- a/man/man3/access.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -.TH ACCESS 3 -.SH NAME -access \- determine accessibility of file -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B #include <u.h> -.br -.B #include <libc.h> -.PP -.B -int access(char *name, int mode) -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Access -evaluates the given -file -.I name -for accessibility. -If \fImode\fL&4\fR -is nonzero, -read permission is expected; -if \fImode\fL&2\fR, -write permission; -if \fImode\fL&1\fR, -execute permission. -If \fImode\fL==0\fR, -the file merely need exist. -In any case -all directories leading to the file -must permit searches. -Zero is returned if the desired access is permitted, -\-1 if not. -.PP -Only access for open is checked. -A file may look executable, but -.IR exec (3) -will fail unless it is in proper format. -.PP -The include file -.F <libc.h> -defines -.BR AEXIST =0, -.BR AEXEC =1, -.BR AWRITE =2, -and -.BR AREAD =4. -.PP -.SH SOURCE -.B /usr/local/plan9/src/libc/9sys/access.c -.SH SEE ALSO -.IR stat (3) -.SH DIAGNOSTICS -Sets -.IR errstr . -.SH BUGS -Since file permissions are checked by the server and group information -is not known to the client, -.I access -must open the file to check permissions. -(It calls -.IR stat (3) -to check simple existence.) |