kpseaccess (1)

kpseaccess mode file

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.

kpseaccess accepts the following options:

--help

Print help message and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.

access(2)