int access ( char *filename, int mode )

char *filename;     // pathname of file or directory

int   mode;         // permission mode

Synopsis

#include "silver.h"

The access function determines if path exists and can be accessed in access mode mode .

Parameters

filename is a null-terminated string specifying the name of the file or path. mode is a number specifying the access mode. The permissible values for mode are given by the following table:

Return Value

If path refers to a file, then access returns 0 if the file exists and can be accessed in mode .

If path refers to a directory, access returns 0 if the directory exists.

If path does not exist or is cannot be accessed by the specified mode , then access returns -1.

See Also

chdir , rmdir , rename , unlink