.TH KPSEACCESS 1 "1 March 2011" "Kpathsea 6.3.5" .\"===================================================================== .if n .ds MP MetaPost .if t .ds MP MetaPost .if n .ds MF Metafont .if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP .if n .ds TX TeX .ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP for troff .el .ds OX TeX for nroff .\" the same but obliqued .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX .if n .ds BX BibTeX .\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX .if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX .if n .ds LX LaTeX .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME kpseaccess \- determine whether a file can be accessed .SH SYNOPSIS .B kpseaccess .I mode .I file .\"===================================================================== .SH DESCRIPTION Exit successfully if .I file can be accessed with the specified .IR mode . The .I mode is an optional dash .RB (` \- ') followed by zero or more letters of .BR rwx , where .B r is for readable, .B w is for writable, and .B x is for executable. .PP The difference between .B kpseaccess and .B test is that the latter looks at the permission bits, while the former checks using the .BR access (2) system call. This makes a difference when file systems have been mounted read-only. .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS .B kpseaccess accepts the following options: .TP .B --help Print help message and exit. .TP .B --version Print version information and exit. .\"===================================================================== .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR access (2)