kpseaccess(1) - Linux man page

Name

kpseaccess - determine whether a file can be accessed

Synopsis

kpseaccess [-rwx] file

Description

Exit successfully if file can be accessed with the specified mode. The 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 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 additional options:

--help

Print help message and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.

See Also

access(2)