kpseaccess (1) Linux Manual Page
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)