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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/access.2 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/access.2 b/lib/libc/sys/access.2 index e43e271..3879477 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/access.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/access.2 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)access.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/1/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 21, 2001 +.Dd December 8, 2007 .Dt ACCESS 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ The .Fn eaccess system call likewise may be subject to races if used inappropriately. +.Pp +.Fn access +remains useful for providing clues to users as to whether operations +make sense for particular filesystem objects (e.g. 'delete' menu +item only highlighted in a writable folder ... avoiding interpretation +of the st_mode bits that the application might not understand -- +e.g. in the case of AFS). It also allows a cheaper file existance +test than +.Ns Xr stat 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 2 , .Xr intro 2 , |
